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 Mealy-mouthedMeasure. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Mean’der (3 syl.).
 
To wind; so called from the Meander, a winding river of Phrygia. The “Greek pattern” in embroidery is so called.   1
 


 Mealy-mouthedMeasure. 

 
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