Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

many a mickle makes a muckle

/ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪkəl meɪks‿ə ˈmʌkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: ma-ny a mick-le makes a muck-le
IPA: /ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪkəl meɪks‿ə ˈmʌkəl/

50

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount.

Example Sentences

"People are often ruined before they are aware of the danger, by buying everything they think they want, without adverting to a Scotch adage—than which nothing in nature is more true—"that many mickles make a muckle.""

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪkəl meɪks‿ə ˈmʌkəl/
British English: /ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪk(ə)l meɪks‿ə ˈmʌk(ə)l/

Phrases

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Frequently Paired Words

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Synonyms

every little helps little and often fills the purse many a little makes a mickle many a pickle makes a mickle take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

Rhymes With

transbuccal anterobuccal mesobuccal posterobuccal prebuccal nonbuccal infrabuccal dorsobuccal circumbuccal orobuccal occlusobuccal midbuccal

Questions

How do you pronounce many a mickle makes a muckle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɛni‿ə ˈmɪkəl meɪks‿ə ˈmʌkəl/.
What does many a mickle makes a muckle mean?: A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount.

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