If you say that something or someone is ~ known as a particular thing or ~ called a particular thing, you are giving the name that people use informally to refer to it.
...Ann Hamilton’s father, ~ known as ‘Dink’.
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If you say that something or someone is ~ known as a particular thing or ~ called a particular thing, you are giving the name that people use informally to refer to it.
...Ann Hamilton’s father, ~ known as ‘Dink’.
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Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012