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 Macedon’icus.Macon. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Mackerel Sky (A).
 
A sky spotted like a mackerel. (Mackerel from the Latin, macula, a spot whence the French maquereau, German mackrele, Welsh macrell, etc.)   1
 


 Macedon’icus.Macon. 

 
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