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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Man of the World

(A). One “knowing” in world-craft; no greenhorn. Charles Macklin brought out a comedy (1704), and Henry Mackenzie a novel (1773) with the same title.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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