variants
or aunty
plural aunties
: aunt
Auntie Mame
… a stern but smoldering auntie.—
Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker"Oh, please don't! We have come to tea with our cousin, and we'll be as good as gold if you'll let us stay, auntie," clamoured the boys …—Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May AlcottThese crosses underneath the letter are really kisses, all from the children who keep asking me about Aunty Daphne, though they do not know you.—Janet Frame
Janet FrameExamples of auntie in a Sentence
The children were happy to see their Auntie Mary.
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But the aunties show up at her door and, in the first of a series of striking and claustrophobically staged scenes, ask Shula to return, shaming her for leaving in the first place.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
The collective that grew up on the Housewives with their mothers, aunties, and cousins, now have a place to feel seen in the stories of Preston Mitchum, Gabby Prescod, and Venita Aspen and many others.
—Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 16 May 2024
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
The collective that grew up on the Housewives with their mothers, aunties, and cousins, now have a place to feel seen in the stories of Preston Mitchum, Gabby Prescod, and Venita Aspen and many others.
—Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 16 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for auntie
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“Auntie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auntie. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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