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
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
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
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
A drop may be half a minim, or as large as two or even three.
From How to Care for the Insane A Manual for Nurses by Granger, William D.
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