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Noun: sobriquet  'sow-bru`key or `sow-bri'key
  1. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
    "Joe's mother would not use his sobriquet and always called him Joseph"
    - nickname, moniker, cognomen, soubriquet, byname, monicker

Derived forms: sobriquets

Type of: appellation, appellative, denomination, designation

Encyclopedia: Sobriquet

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sober
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sobriety
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soc.
soca
socage
so-called
soccer
soccer ball
soccer mom
soccer player
sociability
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