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mind your eye

'Be careful', 'watch out'

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mind_my_P's_and_Q's¹

to mind (also watch) one's P's and Q's: to be careful or particular in one's words or behaviour; to mind one's manners.[OED]

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Mine(1)

A firework which throws numerous crackers or similar small explosions up into the air. (OED)

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minerva¹

Minerva A Roman goddess, regarded as the patron of handicrafts and the arts, and later also of wisdom and prowess in war, identi-fied from an early period with the Greek Athene. [OED]

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mizzle²

mizzle: To go away suddenly; to vanish, disappear [OED]

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Synonyms - mizzled²
mizzling(1)

Mizzle: Fine rain or drizzle; the falling of such rain [OED]

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mocha¹

A type of fine quality coffee, originally spec. that produced in or shipped from Yemen [OED]

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moocher

A person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer.

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Synonyms - moucher
moonraker¹

A simpleton or one who pretends to be so in order to hoodwink others [CPB]

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Moppish(1)

Bewildered, confused, foolish, stupid. [OED]

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Morpheus

(The name of) the god of dreams (popularly often taken as the god of sleep), used allusively with reference to his ability to induce dreams or sleep. Hence also (as a personification): sleep; a soporific substance, etc [OED]

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Mother Careys chickens(1)

Storm petrels; seabirds that spend most of their time at sea and are rarely seen from land [ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Carey%27s_Chickens]

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Mounseer Morblew

Monsieur Morbleu was a character in the farce Monsieur Tonson at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1821. The Character was played by Henry Gattie who was famous for his impersonations of Frenchmen and Irishmen. [Dictionary of National Biography]

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Mr Gattie as Monsieuir Morbleu  © Victoria and Albert Museum. S.873-2015

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Synonyms - Monsieur Morbleu
mountain dew¹

Home-made whiskey [CPB]

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mourning¹

The dress or customary clothes (in Western society usually black) worn by mourners. Also: the black draperies placed on furniture, the walls of buildings, etc., on occasions of mourning. [OED]

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Moustache_men¹

"moustache" -  colloquial. A (usually formidable or millitary) man with a moustache. [OED]

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Move a peg(1)

To make a move. Chiefly in negative context

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muggins¹

A fool, a simpleton. Now usually: spec. (frequently used to refer to oneself) (a name applied to) a person who is duped, outwitted, or taken advantage of, or who has acted foolishly on some occasion. [OED]

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Music_Hall¹

A theatre offering a style of popular entertainment typically consisting of singing, dancing, comedy, and novelty acts; Also the songs of the type provided in music halls. Music Halls evolved during the mid-19th century. The popularity of music hall was at its height in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and declined after the First World War (1914-18) with the rise of cinema.

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my duck

A term of endearment [CPB]

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