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 Dim and Distant Future (The).Dimetæ. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Diman’che (Monsieur).
 
A dun. The term is from Molière’s Don Juan, and would be, in English, Mr. Sunday. The word dimanche is a corruption and contraction of dies Domin’ica (the Lord’s day).   1
 


 Dim and Distant Future (The).Dimetæ. 

 
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