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 Midwife (Anglo-Saxon, mid, with; wif, woman).Mignon. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Miggs (Miss).
 
Mrs. Varden’s maid, and the impersonation of an old shrew. (Dickens: Barnaby Rudge.)   1
 


 Midwife (Anglo-Saxon, mid, with; wif, woman).Mignon. 

 
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