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 Marchioness (The).Mar’cionites (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Marchpane.
 
A confection of pistachio-nuts, almonds, and sugar; a corruption of the French masse-pain. (Italian, marzapan.)   1
 


 Marchioness (The).Mar’cionites (3 syl.). 

 
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