See mimp on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1786, John Burgoyne, The Heiress. A Comedy in Five Acts, page 37:",
"text": "Sure you muſt have obſerved the drop of the under lip is exploded ſince Lady Simpermode broke a tooth—(Sets her mouth affectedly)—I am preparing the caſt of the lips for the enſuing winter—thus—It is to be call’d the Paphian mimp.",
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"ref": "1948, Gil Meynier, Stranger at the Door, page 12:",
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"ref": "1973, Barry N. Schwartz, Human Connection and the New Media, page 170:",
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"ref": "1755, H. Woodward, The Comic Tunes and Songs in the Entertainment Call’d Proteus, or Harlequin in China:",
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"ref": "1788, Elizabeth Hervey, Melissa and Marcia; or the Sisters: a novel, volume 1, pages 61–62:",
"text": "When firſt ſhe emerged from retirement, it was natural ſhe ſhould feel ſhy and embarraſſed, which always appeared by a certain mimping with her mouth; afterwards ſhe thought it becoming , and improved upon it: It was ſo univerſally adopted by the young Ladies of the ton, that I think it incumbent on myſelf to give a particular account of this grace for the benefit of thoſe who have no opportunities of ſeeing it practiſed.",
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"ref": "1939, Bruce Lancaster, Guns of Burgoyne, page 160:",
"text": "By God, I c’n hear him, see him, too. Put on that pious look, mimp up his lips.",
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