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 Me’nam.Mendicants. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Menam’ber.
 
A rocking-stone in the parish of Sithney (Cornwall) which a little child could move. The soldiers of Cromwell thought it fostered superstition, and rendered it immovable.   1
 


 Me’nam.Mendicants. 

 
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