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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Minch-house

(A). A nunnery. (Anglo-Saxon, minicem, a nun.) Sometimes it means an ale or road-house.

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