Mills
Americannoun
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C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
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Robert, 1781–1855, U.S. architect and engineer.
noun
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Hayley. born 1946, British actress. Her films include Pollyanna (1960) and The Parent Trap (1961)
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her father, Sir John. 1908–2005, British actor. His films include This Happy Breed (1944), Great Expectations (1946), and Ryan's Daughter (1971)
Example Sentences
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Behind him were the camps, crowded with Dreadfort men and those the Ryswells had brought from the Rills, with the Barrowton host between them.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
“Aye, but you were only three foot tall at the time,” a rider from the Rills replied.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Rills of water began to run down; soon they grew to a spate that splashed and fumed on the stones, and spouted out over the cliff like the gutters of a vast roof.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Forth rou'd I by the sliding Rills, To finde where Cynthia sat, Whose name so often from the hills, The Ecchos wondred at.
From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril
Rills were seen running like snowy veins among the slopes, and losing themselves in the masses of débris at the mountain-foot.
From Rivers of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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