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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