miminy-piminy

British

/ ˌmɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ /

adjective

a variant of niminy-piminy

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I do just hope Mrs. Jarley’ll have a lot of real blood-curdling ‘figgers’ to look at and not all miminy-piminy ones.

From Dorothy at Oak Knowe by Raymond, Evelyn

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