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Man of the World (A)

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One “knowing” in world-craft; no greenhorn. Charles Macklin brought out a comedy (1704), and Henry Mackenzie a novel (1773) with the same title.

 

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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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Man of Remnants (A)
Man of Ross
Man of Salt
Man of Sedan
Man of Silence (The)
Man of Sin (The)
Man of Straw (A)
Man of the Hill (The)
Man of the Sea
Man of the Third Republic (The)
Man of the World (A)
Man of Three Letters
Man-of-War (A)
Man of Wax
Man of Whipcord (A)
Manche (French)
Manchester
Manchester Poet
Manciple (A)
Mandamus (Latin)
Mandana