Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cousin Michael

(or Michel). The Germans are so called. Michel, in Old German, means “gross,” cousin Michel is meant to indicate a slow, heavy, simple, unrefined, coarse-feeding people.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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