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  • mix plait
    n. a style of weaving STRAW1. = SHINGLE AND LARD. (Crooked)
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  • mix fool with sense
    [cf. FOOL n. foolishness] v. phr. to attempt to deceive someone by interspersing lies with the truth. (Exuma, San Sal.)
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  • mix 'erbs
    /miks oybz/ [the standard pronunciation of herbs is with /h/ in Brit., without it in the US] n. an assortment
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  • misty grouper
    n. a fish, Epinephelus mystacinus: 1968 (Böhlke 278). (Black)
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  • Mistress
    [Car.; OED, used vocatively (obs. exc. arch.) or as a title of courtesy (in early use also with the Christian
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  • mistletoe
    [OED, W3, DJE different sp.] n. a plant, Dendropemon sp.: 1910 (Northrop 150). (Exuma, Inagua)
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  • Mister
    /místa/ Missa /mísa/ [Car.; also US dial. ADD] n. a polite title of respect also used with a man's first
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  • Mister Grunduv
    See MR. GRUNDUV
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  • Missy, Miss
    /mis, miz/ [Car.; US dial. idem; from shortening of mistress] n. a title of respect used with a woman's first
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  • missus
    [cf. MISTRESS; cf. also US dial, the missus wife ADD] n. a polite term of address to a woman; lady,
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