dark satanic mill
dark satanic mill noun: a mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing.
Noun
dark satanic mill (plural dark satanic mills)
- A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing
- Instead, the 30-year-old singer's subjects include that modern satanic mill, the call centre.2007 January 21, Peter Culshaw, “Martha Tilston”, in The Observer, →ISSN
- The working class just looks different. "Call centres are the new dark satanic mills. We have people who have to put their hand up to ask to go to the toilet.2010 April 9, Aida Edemariam, quoting Mark Serwotka, “Mark Serwotka: 'Call centres are the new dark satanic mills'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- a similar modern form of exploitation.
Forms of dark satanic mill
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Origin of dark satanic mill
From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”.
Questions about dark satanic mill
- What does dark satanic mill mean?
- Dark satanic mill means a mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing.
- What part of speech is dark satanic mill?
- Dark satanic mill is a noun.
- What is the plural of dark satanic mill?
- The plural of dark satanic mill is dark satanic mills.
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