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Meʹum and Tuʹum

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That which belongs to me and that which is another’s. Meum is Latin for “what is mine,” and tuum is Latin for “what is thine.” If a man is said not to know the difference between meum and tuum, it is a polite way of saying he is a thief.

Meum est proʹposʹitum in taberna mori.” A famous drinking song by Walter Mapes, who died in 1210.

 

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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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Metathesis
Methodical
Methodists
Methuen Treaty
Metonic Cycle (The)
Metra
Metropolitan (A)
Mettre de la Paille dans ses Souliers, or Mettre du Foin dans ses Bottes
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Mexitli
Mezentius
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Mezzoramia
Micah Rood’s Apples
Micawber (Mr. Wilkins)
Micawberism
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