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pickle) makes a mickle

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  • many a little makes a mickle — The proper version of the next proverb (many a mickle makes a muckle). Pickle, a Scottish word for ‘a small quantity or amount’, is also found instead of little. Mickle (‘a great quantity or amount’) is now only Scottish. a 1250 Ancrene Wisse… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • mickle — mickle, muckle These are merely variants of the same word meaning ‘a large amount’, and so the proverb Many a mickle makes a muckle is, in its usual form, a meaningless corruption. The correct form is Many a little (or occasionally pickle =… …   Modern English usage

  • pickle — (small quantity) see many a little makes a mickle …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • muckle — mickle, muckle These are merely variants of the same word meaning ‘a large amount’, and so the proverb Many a mickle makes a muckle is, in its usual form, a meaningless corruption. The correct form is Many a little (or occasionally pickle =… …   Modern English usage

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