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"mill" Definition

  1. a fight, or set to. _Ancient Cant_, MYLL, to rob. Probably from the special opportunities afforded to pickpockets when the ring was a “national institution.”
  2. to fight or beat.
  3. the old Insolvent Debtors’ Court. “To go through the MILL” was equivalent to being “whitewashed.”
  4. the tread-MILL.

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Position in the dictionary: 2174 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: miller., milvader, mish, mitey, mitten., mittens, mizzle, mizzler, moab, mob
Previous words in the dictionary: milky ones, milk, mild, mike, midge net, middy, metallician, mess, mesopotamia, merry dun of dover

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