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Magneuse (French)

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An anonyma or fille de joie; so called from the nunnery founded at Rheims in 1654, by Jeanne Canart, daughter of Nicolas Colbert, seigneur de Magneux. The word is sometimes jocosely perverted into Magni-magno.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Magic Wand
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Magliabecchi
Magna Charta
Magnalia Christi
Magnanimous (The)
Magnano
Magnet
Magnetic Mountain
Magneuse (French)
Magnificat
Magnificent (The)
Magnifique … Guerre
Magnolia
Magnum Opus
Magnum of Port (A)
Magnus Apollo (My)
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