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A figurative use of the word meal, prompted by fancied resemblance.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence. Full definition →
A figurative use of the word meal, prompted by fancied resemblance.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.