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Moniker   /mˈɑnɪkər/   Listen
Moniker

noun
1.
A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).  Synonyms: byname, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet.  "Henry's nickname was Slim"






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"Moniker" Quotes from Famous Books



... "She had some flossy ones: Emperor, Commander, President, en sich, but I vetoed that trash, the colt couldn't carry 'em and live. I suggested Red, er Monty, er some sich. Thar we adjourned and left the colt without a moniker. What's yer notion of a name fer this ...
— David Lannarck, Midget - An Adventure Story • George S. Harney

... Mister Captain West. I told you my moniker, that's all. Jim here brought me up, but he ain't no father to me, and his wife ain't my mother. It took me a while to find that out, but I got the thing straight at last. I saw then just what those ...
— The Case and The Girl • Randall Parrish

... his monicker because he never wore shoes. He claimed that gunny-sacks, wrapped around his feet and shins, gave as much protection and more freedom, and they were more comfortable, besides costing nix. Since we mostly bought our shoes at the dumps, at four bits ...
— See? • Edward G. Robles

... hardly a glance; he was the common type, with low, vicious cunning stamped all over his face—an ordinary rat of the underworld. But her glance rested longer on his companion. The Pug was indeed entitled to his moniker! His face made her think of one. It seemed to be all screwed up out of shape. Perhaps the eye-patch over the right eye helped a little to put the finishing touch of repulsiveness upon a countenance already most unpleasant. The celluloid eye-patch, once flesh-colored, was now ...
— The White Moll • Frank L. Packard



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