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colin

1

[ kol-in ]

noun

  1. any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.


Colin

2

[ kol-in, koh-lin; French kaw-lan; German koh-lin, -leen ]

noun

  1. a male given name.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of colin1

1620–30; < Mexican Spanish DZí, perhaps < Nahuatl ō, through misreading of the older spelling çDZ
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Example Sentences

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Colin and Susan Harrington, visiting Belfast on holiday from the north of England, said they did not believe the shops needed to open earlier on a Sunday.

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Lesley Anderson's son Colin is a pupil at Mitchell House school in east Belfast which has a school nurse.

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Ms Anderson said Colin had other needs that required a school nurse.

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Ms McFeeters and fellow principal Colin Ward, of Parkview School in Lisburn, represented the Special Schools Strategic Leadership Group and were questioned about the review by assembly members.

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Barrister Colin Mandy says while the prosecution will try to cast Ms Patterson's behaviour after the lunch as "incriminating", jurors should consider how someone might react in that situation.

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