Mien, Momo (1894)

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Mon Feb 4 14:33:18 UTC 2002


> Pg. 166: Millet and coarse flour, from which the mien, or
>dough-strings, are made is the foundation, at least, for more than
>half the subsistence of the common classes.

> (OED has 1934 for "mien," from Webster.  What does the revision have?--ed.)

OED3 will have 1890 for this "mien," based on an article in _Century_
magazine found on the Cornell MOA.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED



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