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Tiffany
Tiffany Tiffany carries decades of pop-cultural glamour from its 1980s peak — it can evoke superficiality when used by a writer playing on stereotype, or become subversive and interesting when the character turns out to be nothing like the name's shiny exterior promises. Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching permanently complicated the name's associations, lending it unexpected depth and grit.
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Tiffany Aching
The Wee Free Men — Terry Pratchett
A fiercely capable young witch-in-training who defends her chalk downs with a frying pan and a formidable practical intelligence, becoming one of Pratchett's most beloved protagonists.
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