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miles a minute

miles a minute is the plural of mile a minute.

Meaning of mile a minute

Noun

mile a minute (plural miles a minute)

  1. A rate of sixty miles per hour.
    • But when we streaked through Doncaster at all but a mile-a-minute, with a miraculously clear road, in no more than 37 min. 18 sec. from the York start, I began to sit up and take notice.1949 November and December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 365

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Questions about miles a minute

What is miles a minute the plural of?
Miles a minute is the plural of mile a minute.

Words near miles a minute in the dictionary

  1. mileposts
  2. miler
  3. milers
  4. milertary
  5. miles
  6. miles a minute
  7. miles away
  8. Miles City
  9. Miles Cove
  10. miles gloriosus
  11. miles of bad road

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