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A short dress, mother, to say the least (6)

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(Other definitions for minima that I've seen before include "Least quantities" , "Smallest possible amounts" , "Stevenson's mutable doctor" , "lowest possible degrees" , "lot of extremely low points" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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