Proper noun
Gertie
A diminutive of the female given name Gertrude.
Ammann wrote two reports about bridge collapses, the collapse of the Quebec Bridge and the collapse of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Galloping Gertie). Source: Internet
Clinton, p. 198. They spent the next 20 years together, and in 1874 they adopted a baby girl named Gertie. Source: Internet
Best half dead, because 10-year-old Gertie Reece Foy wants to resuscitate the bullfrog so he can become "a miracle of science." Source: Internet
Then the whole school turns against Gertie when Mary Sue's mother, who is a an environmental lobbyist, says horrible things about Gertie's dad, who works on an offshore oil rig. Source: Internet
Chiles was born in Denver, Co;o., on July 1, 1929, a daughter of Anton and Gertie Coslett Borgheinck. Source: Internet
Junior later married Sparkle Plenty (the daughter of B.O. and Gravel Gertie Plenty), and had a daughter named Sparkle Plenty Jr. In the 1990s, Tracy's son Joseph Flintheart Tracy took on a role similar to Junior's in the earlier strips. Source: Internet