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 Meredith (Owen).Meri’no Sheep. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Meridian (A).
 
A noonday dram of spirits.   1
        “He received from the hand of the waiter the meridian, which was placed ready at the bar.”—Sir Walter Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. i.
 


 Meredith (Owen).Meri’no Sheep. 

 
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