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man in the moon
noun
- a fancied semblance of a human face in the disk of the full moon, so perceived because of variations in the moon's topography.
man in the moon
noun
- the moon when considered to resemble the face of a man
- (in folklore and nursery rhyme) a character dwelling in the moon
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Word History and Origins
Origin of man in the moon1
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325
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Example Sentences
The Man-in-the-Moon winked at them three times, once with his right eye, once with his left eye, then again with the right.
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So they obeyed the old yellow Man-in-the-Moon and scampered like little white mice back to bed.
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So fast they went they scarcely seemed to touch the snow, and on up the hill they rode towards the laughing Man-in-the-Moon.
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I don't care about the man-in-the-moon very much, though Allee likes him.
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The Old-Man-in-the-Moon made it very bright so that they could see.
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