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Definition of Mighty Mouse
1. Noun. A fictional mouse endowed with great strength and courage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mighty Mouse
Literary usage of Mighty Mouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fun, Ancient and Modern by Charles Maurice Davies (1878)
"Then up and spake the mighty mouse : " And, courteous stranger, ask'st thou,
then, What's known alike to gods and men, The lineage of ..."
2. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by Marion Mills Miller, United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"Shall we take it that this prodigious amendment, this mighty mouse brought forth
by a mountain after five months' parturition, does not mean what it says ..."
3. Forty Years' Residence in America: Or, The Doctrine of a Particular by Grant Thorburn (1834)
"... when the mountain did produce such a mighty mouse, the lucky fellow was hung
up with a legion of honors, and strung all round with bombast and jingle. ..."
4. Knight's Quarterly Magazine by Charles Knight (1823)
"... by degrees, With all the silence of a mighty mouse, First let the stirrup
drop, then from his knees Recovering, stood before his patron's eyes, ..."
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