MLE

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abbreviation for

multicutural London English: a London dialect of English, characterized by West Indian and South Asian inflections, and frequent use of slang

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby MLE

Mladic, M.L.Arch., MLB, MLC, MLD, MLE, Mleccha, MLF, MLG., M-line, MLitt

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How to use MLE in a sentence

Barbour adds that 'many others of mickle main' were killed in the mle; and the statement is amply confirmed.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
All day long the contest lasted, men fighting hand to hand in a confused mle.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The attention of the savages had been diverted from them by the mle on deck.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady
In the general mle which followed the death of Wright and Currey, six other men were killed and fifteen severely wounded.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady

He is shouldered, jostled, and pushed about by everybody, and he emerges in a battered condition from the mle.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835|Dorothy Duchesse de Dino