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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.)
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