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Malʹagrowʹther (Sir Mungo)

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An old courtier soured by misfortune, who tries to make everyone as discontented as himself. (Scott: Fortunes of Nigel.)

 

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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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Make Mountains of Molehills (To)
Make one’s Bread (To)
Make the Door (To)
Make the Ice (To)
Make-wage
Make-weight
Makeshift (A)
Malabar
Malagigi (in Orlando Furioso)
Malagrowther (Malachi)
Malagrowther (Sir Mungo)
Malakoff (in the Crimea)
Malambruno
Malaprop (Mrs.)
Malbecco
Malbrouk or Marlbrough (Marlbro)
Malcolm
Maldine (French)
Male
Male Sapphires
Male suada Fames