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stands for 500, which is half ↀ a form of m or M, which stands for mille.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
stands for 500, which is half ↀ a form of m or M, which stands for mille.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.