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单词 millie
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Definition of millie in English:

millie

(also milly)
nounˈmɪli
Northern Irish derogatory, informal
  • A young lower-class woman typified by brash and loutish behaviour.

    she's a wee Belfast milly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She has a heart of gold behind the big tough millie exterior.
    • Noah took a hard hilarious time getting his gin-swilling Belfast millie of a wife on board with their compliment of furry animals.
    • They're definitely millies so try to make sure we don't get seats anywhere near them or it'll be a long flight
    • People automatically think we are millies—that we all dress cheaply and talk in broad Belfast accents.
    • It is conspicuously silly in places, with a chorus of Belfast millies incongruously inserted into the midst of the classical melodramatic and stylised family angst.

Origin

1960s: abbreviation of mill worker.

 
 
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