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minor miracles

minor miracles is the plural of minor miracle.

Meaning of minor miracle

Noun

minor miracle (plural minor miracles)

  1. (idiomatic) An improbable, unexpected, or surprising achievement or other occurrence that is fortunate and agreeable.
    • When the vessel showed some symptoms of unsteadiness, I arose, walked gravely up to her, ranged the pilgrims around her with their shoulders to the sides, and told them to heave with might. . . . Each Maghrabi worked like an Atlas . . . and, sliding heavily through the sand, once more floated off...1874, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, Volume 1, page 193
    Synonyms:
    small miracle

Questions about minor miracles

What is minor miracles the plural of?
Minor miracles is the plural of minor miracle.

Words near minor miracles in the dictionary

  1. minor league
  2. minor leaguer
  3. minor leaguers
  4. minor leagues
  5. minor miracle
  6. minor miracles
  7. minor mode
  8. minor modes
  9. minor ninth
  10. minor ninths
  11. minor order

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