alec
Collocations
3VERB + ALEC
calling
ALEC + NOUN
baldwin's, cunningham, fairbairn, neighbour
PREP.
down
Definitions
name
A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of Scottish origin.
noun
An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce.
name
Initialism of American Legislative Exchange Council.
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Example Bank
6There was no one but Alec Fairbairn whose step she could have mistaken for mine.
Tatoeba · #6957982I would have spared her, perhaps, for all my madness, but she threw her arms round him, crying out to him, and calling him ‘Alec.’
Tatoeba · #6958005Mr. Cunningham saw him from the bedroom window, and Mr. Alec Cunningham saw him from the back passage.
Tatoeba · #7008215It was quarter to twelve when the alarm broke out. Mr. Cunningham had just got into bed, and Mr. Alec was smoking a pipe in his dressing-gown.
Tatoeba · #7008219Mr. Alec ran down to see what was the matter.
Tatoeba · #7008221Tom is Alec Baldwin's neighbour.
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