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 Fem’ynye (3 syl.).Fence Month. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Fen Nightingale.
 
A frog, which sings at night in the fens, as nightingales sing in the groves. (See ARCADIAN NIGHTINGALE.)   1
 


 Fem’ynye (3 syl.).Fence Month. 

 
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