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
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)
No doubt there are abject specimens of the visionary, as there is a minim mammal which you might imprison in the finger of your glove.
From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George
He was apparently engaged in making sure that not one minim of this most costly liquor was wasted.
From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade
The dot of the i is of no use when the letter stands alone, but it is an important element of distinctness in words like "minim."
From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman
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