Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mawworm

A vulgar copy of Dr. Cantwell, the hypocrite, in The Hypocrite, by Isaac Bickerstaff.

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