minim
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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
And from without the schools many cry out and complain: for truth is strong meat, and the weakling stomach turns against it, except in minim doses smothered in treacle.
From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur
Should he arrive, the breath of life still in him, His face will be repulsed from door to door; He'll get no lodging, not the very minim, Save under heaven on the pebbly shore.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 by Various
It is applied by taking a drop out on a wisp of broom or a small minim dropper, which may be obtained at the druggist's also.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various
But Nym has 'a minim rest,' and during that short respite takes advantage of the absorbing occupations of the other three 'singers' to lay hands on whatever portable property is within his reach.
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)
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