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 Meiny (2 syl.).Meistersingers. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Meissonier-like Exactness.
 
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, R.A., a French artist, born at Lyons, 1813, exhibited in 1836 a microscopic painting called Petit Messager, and became proverbial for the utmost possible precision.   1
 


 Meiny (2 syl.).Meistersingers. 

 
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