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Meanings of make a mickle in English

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Usage of make a mickle in English
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Many littles make a mickle, and he that is getting aught is losing naught.
Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote
2
You know the old proverb, 'Many littles make a mickle.'
Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a Seamstress
3
'Many a little makes a mickle'; 'A small leak will sink a great ship.'
Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
4
"'Many a little makes a mickle,' as we Scotch say," answered Tony cheerfully.
Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck
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'Oh, a little soap makes a mickle foam.'
The Cloister and the Hearth
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Honesty is the best policy: many a little makes a mickle: the second vice is lying, the first is running in debt; and-
Hours in a Library, Volume 1 / New Edition, with Additions
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"'Mony a little makes a mickle,' as my old grandfather used to say," McCloskey went on.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
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'Many littles make a mickle,' and there are more deaths in skirmishes than in the field of a pitched battle.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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"Many a little makes a mickle."
From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
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