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Definition of Run-of-the-mill
1. Adjective. Not special in any way. "A unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career"
Definition of Run-of-the-mill
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) ordinary; not special. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Run-of-the-mill
Literary usage of Run-of-the-mill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"Mill run apple barrel staves, unless otherwise specified, shall be cut six staves
to 2 in. in thickness and shall consist of the run of the mill from the ..."
2. History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its Cities, Towns, Resources, People by Publius Virgilius Lawson (1908)
"The Neenah mill had two of these bleach vats to supply the night and day run of
the mill. The chemicals used were chloride lime, sulphuric acid and ..."
3. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"Will run apple barrel staves, unless otherwise specified, shall be cut six staves
to 2 in. in thickness and shall consist of the run of the mill from the ..."
4. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1897)
"The last run of the mill gave a brick of 33 oz., which I think will average fully
$18 an ounce. I am not in possession of all the particulars to the closing ..."
5. Report by Ontario Dept. of Mines (1896)
"The last run of the mill gave a brick of 33 oz., which I think will average fully
$18 an ounce. I am not in possession of all the particulars to the closing ..."
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