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Mifflin

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[mif-lin] / ˈmɪf lɪn /

noun

  1. Thomas, 1744–1800, American politician and Revolutionary general: president of the Continental Congress 1783–84; governor of Pennsylvania 1790–99.


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Daniels relocated the action from unglamorous Slough to Scranton, Pennsylvania, but kept his Dunder Mifflin drones pushing paper, just like their British counterparts.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025

One of the regulars at the hub is 64-year-old Les Mifflin, a former kitchen porter who ended up homeless after the breakdown of a relationship.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

Margot Mifflin is a professor at the City University of New York and the author, most recently, of “Looking for Miss America: A Pageant’s 100-year Quest to Define Womanhood.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024

David Schorr, an IT analyst from the Pittsburgh suburb of West Mifflin, is known locally as “ The Codfather ” for his very public affinity to — and experience with — fish fries.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Governor Mifflin and the state legislature had sent him an urgent note insisting that “gunpowder, and other salutory preparations, be flashed through the streets” as the College of Physicians had suggested.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy