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phillips
/ˈfɪlɪps/
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What does phillips mean?
noun
- A Phillips screwdriver.
proper noun
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Philip.
- An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
More meanings (8)
proper noun
- A township in White County, Illinois.
- A town in Franklin County, Maine.
- A community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- A village in Hamilton County, Nebraska.
- A small town in Coal County, Oklahoma.
- A ghost town in Hutchinson County, Texas.
- A city, the county seat of Price County, Wisconsin.
- plural of Phillip
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfɪlɪps/
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He ought to understand the irrational rapture of that cry of Mr. Stephen Phillips about “that bluer blue, that greener green.”
Every now and then Phillips sticks a book into his paintings, and I expect the Fifth Avenue book trade benefits by it.
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After the occurrence of Wednesday, he could not refuse, though the Phillips were about as uninteresting as vanity and ignorance could make them.
There are items for seeing a lion, a small seal, an elephant, an elk, Caleb Phillips a dwarf, a painting, etc., with the prices charged.
“I never thought you were so fond of Mr. Phillips that you’d require two handkerchiefs to dry your tears just because he was going away,” said Marilla.