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Whence The Expression Mums The Word Crossword Clue

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noun

• the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical

• any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)

54%4Mums' mums
noun

• a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya

• your grandmother

• the mother of your father or mother

• leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop

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