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  1. noun The letter m.
  2. noun Printing The width of a square or nearly square piece of type, used as a unit of measure for matter set in that size of type.
  3. noun Printing Such a measure for 12-point type; a pica.

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  • So love 'em or hate 'em, there's our site's official picks! —  CertCities.com | IT Forums
  • And I'm goin' to play 'em, and play 'em--good The assurance of his manner had a deep effect. —  The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon
  • I'd got 'em, an' started back with 'em--easin' 'em down that little gully near the river--an' bein' plumb out of sight from the shallow--when I seen a trail herd comin'--_west Lawler, I watched 'em. —  The Trail Horde
  • I've seen 'em, and felt 'em--thousands of 'em--they very nearly closed my eyes up Illustration: THROUGH EVER-GREEN GLASSES On the side of those poor men who constitute the Irish nation, with their few and disparaged leaders, we have found a consideration, a calmness, and a liberality of view, a disposition to interpret everything in the best sense, and to make every concession that could possibly bring harmony about."--_Mr. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 9, 1892
  • And your cautious Casey cursed with 'em, and fed 'em, and drank with 'em--and he would have had them stay until morning only they were anxious to hurry with their report to Strang. —  The Courage of Captain Plum
 

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  1. Middle English *em, from Anglo-Saxon em, from Latin em, the name of the letter M, from e, the usual assistant vowel, + m; a Latin formation, the Greek name being μῡ.
 

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