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noun

Minx n.

A pert or a wanton girl.

A she puppy; a pet dog. (Obs.)

Minx n. (Zool.) The mink; called also minx otter. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Minx" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Faugh! don't mention that minx to me," said Mrs. Prague, with a sneer; "but it must be confessed, Sheldon has very limited knowledge of business, or he might have saved a part of his fortune at least. My son-in-law, Esq. Hardin, by his alacrity and ...

— Eventide - A Series of Tales and Poems • Effie Afton

... A Crane was wrought upon to trust His oath at length—and down she thrust Her neck into his throat impure, And so perform'd a desp'rate cure. At which, when she desired her fee, "You base, ungrateful minx," says he, "Whom I so kind forbore to kill, And now, forsooth, you'd ...

— The Fables of Phdrus - Literally translated into English prose with notes • Phaedrus

... thou yonder, thou slatternly minx?" returned the first. "I'll mash every bone of thee, if thou doesn't come ...

— Our Little Lady - Six Hundred Years Ago • Emily Sarah Holt

... to add," continued the clergyman, "that even in this country, where we boast so much"—the little minx of a daughter passed her hand over her eyes, and fairly coloured with the effort she made not to laugh again—"of the common schools, and of their influence on the public mind, it is not usual to find persons of your condition who understand ...

— The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. - Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts • James Fenimore Cooper

... little minx!" she exclaimed, glaring on the offending Susey. "How dared you meddle with ...

— Eventide - A Series of Tales and Poems • Effie Afton

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