Cindy
//ˈsɪndi// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Cynthia and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name.
"Cindy came in lugging my trunk, assisted by an elderly servant-woman - - - ["]You may go, Tabitha, to your spinning, and you, Lucinda, bring up a pitcher of water for Miss Mary," said Mrs. Hardinge."
Example
More examples"The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape."
Etymology
Shortened from Lucinda and Cinderella. In the 20th century adopted as a pet form of Cynthia.
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