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<div> I have come across "Meerns" as a
term of address in a 1913 sports article but am unable to determine
its exact meaning. It does not seem to be listed in the
dictionaries.</div>
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<div> The word appears in the newspaper _San
Francisco Bulletin_, March 11, 1913, p. 18, cols. 5-6, over the
photograph of former baseball player Bill Lange. The relevant
sentence is:</div>
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<div><font face="Geneva" size="+2" color="#000000">'As Pop Anson
would pause to remark, "I knew him when he was the equal of a bum
baseball player they call Tyrus Raymond Cobb." Yes, Meerns, that
was some years ago.'</font></div>
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Would anyone have any suggestions?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Geneva" size="+2" color="#000000">---Gerald
Cohen</font></div>
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