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Meanings of stand godfather in English

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Usage of stand godfather in English
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I asked Adrian if he would stand godfather to our first child.
Secrets of a Perfect Night
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The choir was properly trained, and Sandy Tipton was to stand godfather.
Selected Stories of Bret Harte
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Who can be got to stand godfather to such a little beggar boy?'
The Violet Fairy Book
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I make bold to beg your Excellency to stand godfather.
The Party and Other Stories
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And mind, if they live, I'll stand godfather to the babies at the christening.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
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Coleridge had asked Godwin to stand godfather to his child, which compliment Godwin declined.
Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1
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The prince of Wales intended that his uncle, the duke of York, should stand godfather.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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I am to stand godfather to the... the princess.
Wolf hall
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When he asks, "Who shall stand godfather at the christening of the wild apples?"
History of American Literature
10
But will you stand godfather?
Wolf hall
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He warned them that 'one durst not paint the devil over one's door, nor ask him to stand godfather.'
Life of Luther
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But the reader will find by the subjoined letter that Christine applied to her brother to stand godfather to her third child.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 02
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I had it on my tongue just now to ask him to stand godfather-thechild's birthday being the same as his own.
Shining Ferry
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At the end of March a telegram from Hamburg announced the birth of a fine boy, to whom Wilhelm was to stand godfather.
The Malady of the Century
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Thereupon Will Stutely, who loved a good jest, spoke up and said: The infant in our household must be christened, and I'll stand godfather.
Robin Hood
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I am going to stand godfather; I don't like the business; I cannot muster up decorum for these occasions; I shall certainly disgrace the font.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 / The Letters of C...
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