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Meanings of sobriquet in English
Usage of sobriquet in English
1
How well the sobriquet was merited will be seen in the sequel.
2
Hearing his sobriquet, a look of hope gleamed suddenly in his eye.
3
It was how he got the sobriquet of Saint Alex of Conklin.
4
He had fled, discharging at them a sobriquet, like a Parthian dart.
5
His cronies have very appropriately given him the sobriquet of 'Whiskey Jemmie.'
6
In Ruiz' case the sobriquet was bestowed for reasons utterly devoid of irony.
7
In the University of Virginia, a sobriquet applied to dandies and vain pretenders.
8
He deserves the sobriquet of the Henri Estienne of Hebrew letters.
9
I assume nothing, but I think the sobriquet speaks for itself.
10
From that day until the end, the sobriquet clung to him.
11
At the University of Cambridge, Eng., the sobriquet of a fellow-commoner.
12
It is not for nothing that the king of instruments won its sobriquet.
13
Harrigan acquired this sobriquet on account of his ear for music.
14
The sobriquet stuck, though the Genius himself chalks it all up to luck.
15
Known in Paris, I have heard, by the sobriquet of the Black Death?'
16
It is a sobriquet among the Council for willing food.
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Sobriquet through the time
Sobriquet across language varieties
United Kingdom
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