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General Burgoyne, in _The Heiress_, makes Lady Emily tell Miss Alscrip that the magic words are “nimini pimini;” and that if she will stand before her mirror and pronounce these words repeatedly, she cannot fail to give her lips that happy plie which is known as the “Paphian mimp.”
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
sionnach commented on the word mimp
To speak in a prissy manner, usually with pursed lips.
January 31, 2008
AnWulf commented on the word mimp
pursed or puckered lips
April 3, 2013