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minnick, minnock: (?) one who apes or fools about MND. III. ii. 19 “And forth my comes” (Q1 “Minnick,” Q2 “Minnock,” Ff1 2 3 “Mimmick”). ∥ Cf. ‘minical,’ ‘minike’ = trifling (Wright's Provincial Dictionary), and dial. ‘minnock’ vb. = to affect delicacy, to ape, fool about, ‘minnock’ sb. = affected person.
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    • William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 3.2
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