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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mantalini

(Madame). A fashionable milliner near Cavendish Square. Her husband, noted for his white teeth, minced oaths, and gorgeous morning gown, is an exquisite man-milliner, who lives on his wife's earnings.

(Dichens Nicholas Nickleby.)

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