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[min-uhm] / ˈmɪn əm /


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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

Their drop, or sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, is called a minim.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Digitalis, minim xv;   Syrupi fl. drachm v;   Aqu� fl oz. ii.    M.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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

Dr. Jones from a small case vial dropped a single minim into a teaspoon and wiped it off upon her tongue.

From Doctor Jones' Picnic by Chapman, S. E. (Samuel E.)




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