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millihelens

millihelens is the plural of millihelen.

Meaning of millihelen

Noun

millihelen (plural millihelens)

  1. (humorous, informal) A unit of measurement of beauty, corresponding to the amount of beauty required to launch one ship.
    • Now Maria seems to me to be a wonder in every respect that I have had the pleasure of examining, and her clothes are plainly not meant to conceal defects. So what do we say? I'd say 850 millihelens for Maria. anybody bid higher?1983, Robertson Davies, The Rebel Angels

Questions about millihelens

What is millihelens the plural of?
Millihelens is the plural of millihelen.

Words near millihelens in the dictionary

  1. milligray
  2. milligrays
  3. millihartree
  4. millihartrees
  5. millihelen
  6. millihelens
  7. millihenries
  8. millihenry
  9. millihenrys
  10. millihertz
  11. millijanskies

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