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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“each consisting of two beef patties that are molded together and served with mustard, ketchup, pickles”
“Rita and I molded together, pressing as much flesh against each other as possible.”
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Mould/mold together is an English expression. Examples of it may not be substitutions for “meld together.” The OED cites this example:
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. i. 114 In Dunstan were moulded together the asceticism almost of an Eastern anchorite..with some of the industry and accomplishments of a Benedictine.
The recent jump in popularity of “meld together” might lead one to believe that it is the original expression.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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Meld itself is probably a blend, i.e. a melded word. I have always suspected mold of being a factor, though melt and weld are more generally cited.
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(Mix and mold the mystic mud … Dr. Seuss, if my memory serves me.)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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