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Frank

noun
1.
A member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century.
2.
A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll.  Synonyms: dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst.
adjective
(compar. franker; superl. frankest)
1.
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.  Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder.  "A blunt New England farmer" , "I gave them my candid opinion" , "Forthright criticism" , "A forthright approach to the problem" , "Tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank" , "It is possible to be outspoken without being rude" , "Plainspoken and to the point" , "A point-blank accusation"
2.
Clearly manifest; evident.
verb
(past & past part. franked; pres. part. franking)
1.
Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing.  Synonym: postmark.
2.
Exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks.



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"Frank" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Frank Lamotte, stop; I can not listen to this; for, let me tell you that I know this charge against Evan Lamotte to be false, and I know that you know it; and yet you have sanctioned the fraud. Who has blighted Sybil's life, you may know, but it ...
— The Diamond Coterie • Lawrence L. Lynch

... possible, and betook himself on deck for the purpose. As the professional duties of the Captain called him for a time away, he took his place beside the lady and endeavoured to interest her in his conversation. He found her charmingly condescending, and apparently frank and friendly in her remarks, and after about an hour's chit chat allowed him to conduct her to her ...
— Vellenaux - A Novel • Edmund William Forrest

... sullen or a violent war. From the first it had been different with Miss Humfray. As was their custom (for this constant change tried tempers) upon the very day of her arrival they had met her with frank hostility, had declared mutiny at her first command. But her reception of this attitude they found a new and astonishing experience. She had not been shocked, had not been angry, had ventured no threat to tell their mother. Instead, at the outbreak of defiance, she went into the gayest and most ...
— Once Aboard The Lugger • Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson

... in a forward turret, and that he was afterward promoted to the position of chief gunner's mate. For a time he was in Annapolis instructing classes in ordnance, the members of which were, of course, practically all white. Just a short time ago he was retired. Frank Stewart, another graduate of this school, served with distinction as a captain of the volunteer army during the Philippine campaign and was later made presidente of a town where he rendered further services with credit to himself ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 • Various

... stories, coloured with his own experiences, he touched the absurdities of life with penetrating, but not unkindly, mockery, and made us feel somehow the infinite pathos of life's realities. No one can say that he ever failed to reverence the purity, the frank, joyful, genuine nature of the little children, of whom Christ said, 'Of such ...
— Mark Twain • Archibald Henderson


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