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Rebecca

[ri-bek-uh]

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “binding.”

  2. Douay Bible.,  Rebekah.



Rebecca

/ rɪˈbɛkə /

noun

  1. Douay spelling: RebekahOld Testament the sister of Laban, who became the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 24–27)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Director of Commemorative Coin at The Royal Mint, Rebecca Morgan, said the design paid tribute to "a game that has brought families together for nine decades".

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Commuting more than an hour each way between Glasgow and Edinburgh, Rebecca can relate.

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Rebecca said that on seeing the park they "didn't go any further" as it was "not fair to take my daughter into a playing area to watch other children play, when she can't play".

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"We saw it and were like 'we have to go there'. We saw it and came here specifically. We wanted to try it," says Rebecca.

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On Friday, Judge Rebecca Trowler KC told the boy he "plainly had terrorist motivations, both racial and ideological".

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