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addle

[ad-l] / ˈæd l /


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Then Johnny Addle went to the microphone and announced: "The winner and still champion — Muhammad Ali. The time: One minute."

From US News • May 24, 2015

Then Johnny Addle went to the microphone and announced: “The winner and still champion - Muhammad Ali. The time: One minute.”

From Washington Times • May 24, 2015

Sharon says he couldn't pronounce "April," so he called her "Addle," which evolved into "Dada" -- a term he also used for many other people.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the Halls of the City Guilds, there is none more quaint, and in greater contrast to the bustle of the neighbourhood, than the Hall of the Brewers' Company, in Addle Street, City.

From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Litchfield, Frederick

Looks to me like Wes and Lida Belle would've had Addle Mae come home for Christmas.

From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Smith, Jewell Ellen




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