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Definition of Minxes
1. minx [n] - See also: minx
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minxes
Literary usage of Minxes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"While the minxes at Mugby Bar, Smiled, serene, upon the war, And looked the part—
Of " We are your betters far." For they 'd learnt the art, ..."
2. Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton (1887)
"Thanks to PULLMAN'S dining-car, No more Mugby Junction Bar— No more tough ham
and chicken, Nor passenger-pickin' For the minxes behind the Bar ! ..."
3. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, John Ingram Lockhart (1844)
"... and their country is bounded by that of the minxes, another very courageous and
... in order to assist their country in a war against the minxes; ..."
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