minim
Example Sentences
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What they meant was that Meredith Willson, 63, was a missed minim who didn't belong on the council.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adonaïs appeared shocked at himself, and swallowed a minim of wine to cleanse his vocal apparatus from the stain of so coarse an illustration.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various
Their drop, or sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, is called a minim.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
At such an hour as this Malone wasted no minim of strength in futile anger.
From Destiny by Buck, Charles Neville
Never mind about time, blow each note as if it were a minim, giving a breath to each.”
From The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne by Smith, A. Monro
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