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 MarylandMas (plural, Masse). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Marylebone
 
(London) is not a corruption of Marie la bonne, but “Mary on the bourne” or river, as Holborn is “Old Bourne.”   1
 


 MarylandMas (plural, Masse). 

 
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