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noun
one of the finished edges of a roll of carpet or fabric.
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How to use mill end in a sentence

  • But in the Emporium window97 there was nothing save the usual mill-end display for the winter white goods sale.

    Christmas|Zona Gale
  • Little Roese might have done, who lived with old Serena at the mill end; but old Serena could not spare her.

    Our Little Lady|Emily Sarah Holt
  • And he did, and he charged me three hundred dollars screw a month, and I took hold of the mill-end.

    The Red One|Jack London
  • She wanted her nap, for she was due that evening at street corners in Mill End.

    The Prisoner|Alice Brown
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