Margutte (3 syl.).

A giant ten feet high, who died of laughter on seeing a monkey pulling on his boots. (Pulci: Morgante Maggiore.) (See Death from Strange Causes.)

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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.

Margaret
Margaret (St.)
Margaret
Margaret or Marguerite (petite)
Margarine Substitute (A)
Margate (Kent)
Margherita di Valois
Margin
Margītēs
Marguerite des Marguerites [the pearl of pearls]
Margutte
Maria
Maria Theresa
Mariamites
Mariana
Marigold
Marina
Marinda or Maridah
Marine
Marines
Mariner’s Compass

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