After my parents died, I was raised by my auntie. From LearnThat.org.
I called her auntie, then; and didn't know a bit that she wasn't my aunt really. From Wordnik.com. [Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood] Reference
The children ask their mother when "auntie" - what they called the maid, is coming back. From Wordnik.com. [justinker Diary Entry] Reference
"If you are not good, I shall call auntie," she threatened. From Wordnik.com. [Their Yesterdays] Reference
She was well known as auntie Maggie to everyone in the neighbourhood. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
His auntie was a conscientious woman, and she knew very little about puppies. From Wordnik.com. [Her Prairie Knight] Reference
And my auntie is the most -- the most famous singer of all time in my country. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2009] Reference
'Oh auntie, that is very hard, when I shall believe to my dying day that I did it!'. From Wordnik.com. [The Heir of Redclyffe] Reference
My auntie was a trapeze artist and I first went on a trapeze when I was two-years-old. From Wordnik.com. [News round-up] Reference
"Yes, auntie, that is just it; hopeless and discouraged, and want to die -- oh, so badly!". From Wordnik.com. [Bessie's Fortune A Novel] Reference
No, come along, We'll go and tell "auntie" to come in. From Wordnik.com. [Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts] Reference
Get out or I call my auntie!. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
"Let me call auntie or Julian.". From Wordnik.com. [From Jest to Earnest] Reference
"And auntie is kind, isn't she, Floss?". From Wordnik.com. ["Carrots": Just a Little Boy] Reference
Obama will cry "auntie" and bow down in obeisance. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodthirsty Liberal] Reference
Barack Obama's Kenyan 'auntie' appealed last night to an. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Obama's Kenyan aunt goes before Boston immigration judge for 2nd time to plead for US asylum] Reference
"My auntie was a slave and she lived in the edge of the field. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference
The woman referred to as "auntie" is not a relative of the child. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
If you know what's good for you, you won't call Ann Kok "auntie". From Wordnik.com. [TODAYonline] Reference
"I could not speak to you for two days because auntie, that is, Miss. From Wordnik.com. [The Music Master Novelized from the Play] Reference
The "auntie" may not be any relation at all, same holds true for the. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Over here, it means "auntie" (as derived from "tia"): pato isnt going anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Offside] Reference
"There, auntie, that isn't fair," laughed Prudy, "when we've been trying our best to cry. From Wordnik.com. [Prudy Keeping House] Reference
"I think you may trust 'auntie' to take care of herself. From Wordnik.com. [A Crooked Path A Novel] Reference
"auntie" had nine children and made identical blankets for each of them. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News] Reference
"I've been naughty, auntie," she confessed softly. From Wordnik.com. [Glory and the Other Girl] Reference
They squeeze my arm, leaning in like a favorite auntie. From Wordnik.com. [I'M NOT WILLING TO SETTLE FOR CRUMBS] Reference
'Oh, let us go out, auntie, and see the pretty flowers.'. From Wordnik.com. [Bulbs and Blossoms] Reference
And I had better run down and see if auntie wants anything. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
"Is auntie letting you read her story, Ruth?" she asked slyly. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
"The day auntie doesn't call me back I sha'n't be Gloria Wetherell!". From Wordnik.com. [Glory and the Other Girl] Reference
There is the tipsy auntie who pops in from next door and offends everyone. From Wordnik.com. [Diciembre] Reference
"They never will build a car easy enough for auntie," Jennie Stone declared. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
"Hair tonic model," laughed Dorothy, "sit down, auntie, and I will tell you.". From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
"By which you mean, beware of your wrath if I don't explain things to you; eh, auntie?". From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
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