Liz

//lɪz// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

    ""Liz. That doesn't sound like your name, wildcat. It is far too hard and brittle." She shrugged. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but that is my name. Elizabeth is too stuffy, Beth is too soft, so Liz it is.""

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"Liz has been dead for eight years."

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skinny Liz

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