"mnh-mnh" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj|nolinkhead=1}} mnh-mnh
  1. Alternative form of mm-mm. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mm-mm
    Sense id: en-mnh-mnh-en-intj-M0ZjhJZG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1975, Laurraine Goreau, chapter 19, in Just Mahalia, Baby, Waco, Tex.: Word Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 110–111:",
          "text": "“Okay, legitimate theatre, then—I can get you $10,000 a week, playing legitimate theatre.” / “Mnh-mnh. Put up all kind of music there. I don’t even go in no theatre.”",
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          "ref": "1994 August 2, Bill Plunkett, “When these 2 sides get together, players strike”, in The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., →OCLC, page D1:",
          "text": "The owners want to cram a salary cap down the players’ collective (bargaining) throat. The players fold their arms and, through tightly sealed lips, say, “Mnh-mnh.” Now that’s negotiating.",
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          "ref": "2004, Diane McKinney-Whetstone, chapter 7, in Leaving Cecil Street, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 107:",
          "text": "[P]eople our age, generally, she won't touch. Mnh-mnh, doesn't want the responsibility if the procedure were to go bad.",
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