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... doubt that Mincing is a corruption of Middle English mynechene , Old English mynecenn , i . e . , the feminine to monk , munk , Old English munuc , a nun , so that the name means originally Nun's Lane . To explain the meaning of ...
... doubt that Mincing is a corruption of Middle English mynechene , Old English mynecenn , i . e . , the feminine to monk , munk , Old English munuc , a nun , so that the name means originally Nun's Lane . To explain the meaning of ...
Page 97
... doubt the verb coger in Spanish means to collect ; but to derive the English noun codger from it is ridi- culous . Almost as absurd is Webster's suggestion that it comes from cottager ! Cadger and codger differ wholly in meaning . Cadge ...
... doubt the verb coger in Spanish means to collect ; but to derive the English noun codger from it is ridi- culous . Almost as absurd is Webster's suggestion that it comes from cottager ! Cadger and codger differ wholly in meaning . Cadge ...
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... doubt , was worn by him . But there is no tittle of evidence to show that he had any right to do so . One of the coats - Vert , a chevron gules -is bad heraldry . With regard to Sir Bernard Burke , he no doubt described the arms from ...
... doubt , was worn by him . But there is no tittle of evidence to show that he had any right to do so . One of the coats - Vert , a chevron gules -is bad heraldry . With regard to Sir Bernard Burke , he no doubt described the arms from ...
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