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dusty millers

dusty millers is the plural of dusty miller.

Meaning of dusty miller

Noun

dusty miller (plural dusty millers)

  1. (idiomatic) A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.
    • Hey, the dusty miller, / And his dusty coat! / He will win a shilling, / Ere he spend a groat. / Dusty was the coat, / Dusty was the colour; / Dusty was the kiss, / That I gat frae the miller.1829, Robert Chambers, The Scottish Songs, page 539
  2. Any of several species of plants with leaves of a dusty appearance: Centaurea cineraria, Jacobaea maritima, Artemisia stelleriana, Spyridium parvifolium, and Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria.

Questions about dusty millers

What is dusty millers the plural of?
Dusty millers is the plural of dusty miller.

Words near dusty millers in the dictionary

  1. dustwrapper
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  3. DUSTWUN
  4. dusty
  5. dusty miller
  6. dusty millers
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  8. dusty plasmas
  9. dusty rose
  10. dustymaiden
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