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The first syllable is the Friesic man (a common); and the word means the Roman encampment on the common.

 

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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 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
Mandarin
Mandeville (Bernard de)
Mandousians
Mandrabul
Mandrake
Mandricardo

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