51Թ

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auntie

Or ܲԳ·

[an-tee, ahn-]

noun

plural

aunties 
  1. Informal.aunt.



Auntie

1

/ ˈɑːԳɪ /

noun

  1. an informal name for the BBC

  2. informalthe Australian Broadcasting Association

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

auntie

2

/ ˈɑːԳɪ /

noun

  1. a familiar or diminutive word for aunt

  2. informalan older male homosexual

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of auntie1

First recorded in 1785–95; aunt + -ie
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Darius: We had to dress to impress and I wanted to bring the queens — my mother, my granny and my auntie — to see the queens.

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"My auntie is over 70 years old, she is struggling with the heat and humidity because there is no electricity for fans at night," Mutasim said.

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I lived next door to my grandparents, my auntie and uncle.

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"People do panic. I can understand that but to go out and get food and come back and sit and eat food, it's unbelievable," Kimberley's auntie Shelly Crooks said.

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It’s an auntie and a niece in the images, and the niece is on her own after the funeral.

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