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- proper noun A female
given name .
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Examples
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A Filet Mignon is the "hottest of the hot chicks" while Dry-aged (aka the Cougar Cut) has been "out in the salt air for some time" but still has a "nice depth of flavor."
Book review: Mike Sorrentino's 'Here's the Situation' delivers predictability Liz Kelly 2010
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BTW: eat a man steak next time – Filet Mignon is for girls.
Sierra missed - the saga of Sierra Carche 2005 | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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"I've been watching for you," called Mignon, as Mary stepped from the runabout.
Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore Pauline Lester
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"Mignon," as the creature of an art that exists for art's sake, was set to contrast with Pippa, who through service finds a song to heal and to inspire.
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It was a face which satisfied you at once, answering to all you could ask of the painter of "Mignon," and the
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various
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At length he captured the opera-going public with "Mignon", produced on 17
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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From a musical standpoint, Thomas holds a high place by reason of his dramatic instinct, admirably shown in "Mignon" and "Hamlet".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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He just falls short of being in the first rank, but his "Mignon" retains its popularity, after close on half a century.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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American lawyer, to meet Caleb Gushing, his colleague on the American case on the Alabama claims; met at the Franquevilles 'Henri de Pène and Robert Mitchell, the Conservative journalists; and saw "Mignon,"
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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Looking upon the forlorn little creatures, who are often brought into the Chicago juvenile court to testify against their own relatives, one is seized with that curious compunction Goethe expressed in the now hackneyed line from "Mignon:"
A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil Jane Addams 1897
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