Mesorat%20hashas for Avodah Zarah 68:8

אלא אי אמרת מיעוט כיון דאיכא רוב עגלים דאין נשחטין לעבודת כוכבים ואיכא נמי שאר בהמות דאין נשחטין לעבודת כוכבים ה"ל מיעוטא דמיעוטא ומיעוטא דמיעוטא לא חייש ר"מ

But if you were to say a minority, since a majority of calves are not slain for idolatry, and there are also other cattle that are not slaughtered for idolatry, this would be a minority of a minority, and even R. Meir does not take a minority of a minority into consideration.

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