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Mimoʹsa

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Niebuhr says the Mimosa “droops its branches whenever anyone approaches it, seeming to salute those who retire under its shade.”

 

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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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Millstone
Millstone used for a Ferry (A)
Millstones
Millstones of Montisci (The)
Millwood (Sarah)
Milo
Milton
Mimer
Mimer’s Well
Mimosa
Mince (French)
Mince Pies
Mince the Matter
Mincemeat
Minch-house (A)
Mincing Lane (London)
Mincio or Mintio
Mind your Eye
Mind your Own Business
Minden Boys