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Minʹute Gun

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A signal of distress at sea, or a gun fired at the death of a distinguished individual; so called because a minute elapses between each discharge.

 

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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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Minnesingers
Minories
Minos
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Minotti
Minstrel
Mint
Minuit
Minute
Minute Gun
Miolnier
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Miranda
Mirror of Human Salvation
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