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In some senses, doris is marked as slang, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
VERB + DORIS
change, met
DORIS + NOUN
edna, galath, myr, sea-slug
PREP.
on
ADV.
only
name
The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.
An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
"My Doris—may I call you that, dearest?" "Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, call me Lalage, or Doris—only call me thine," I should have answered, if it had not been a little too sentimental.… I am afraid I omitted to state, in the proper place, that Doris is a name which has descended through a dozen generations of our family, that it belongs to myself as well as to my niece […]
I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.
noun
One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
A woman, especially when older or unattractive.
Fella at work, right? He's met this Doris on a park bench, at lunch time, and he's started going out on like, dates with her!
name
A surname.
And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.
Wiktionary"My Doris—may I call you that, dearest?" "Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, call me Lalage, or Doris—only call me thine," I should have answered, if it had not been a little too sentimental.… I am afra
WiktionaryI've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myr
WiktionaryFella at work, right? He's met this Doris on a park bench, at lunch time, and he's started going out on like, dates with her!
WiktionaryIt is a doris, or sea-slug, and is about of the consistence of one of those slugs so destructive to our garden flowers, but is so much more beautiful than that creature, that, were he able to understa
WiktionaryDoris is considerate of everybody's feelings.
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In some senses, doris is marked as slang, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.