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mule
1[ myool ]
/ myul /
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Idioms about mule
forty acres and a mule, a broken or unfulfilled promise, especially one with unjust, long-term consequences: an allusion to the parcels of farmland that formerly enslaved African Americans were promised and given after the Civil War and then had taken away from them: The protesters chanted their demand, āReal action, real justice, no forty acres and a mule.ā
Origin of mule
1First recorded before 1000; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mÅ«la āmuleā (feminine); replacing Old English mÅ«l, from Latin mÅ«lus (masculine)
Words nearby mule
mulch, mulcher, Mulciber, mulct, Muldoon, mule, mule chest, mule deer, mule-ears, mule-fat, muleheaded
Other definitions for mule (2 of 2)
mule2
[ myool ]
/ myul /
noun
a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep.
a woman's shoe resembling this.
Origin of mule
2First recorded in 1350ā1400; Middle English mule, moule āsore spot on the heel, chilblain,ā perhaps from Middle Dutch mÅ«le
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British Dictionary definitions for mule (1 of 2)
mule1
/ (mjuĖl) /
noun
the sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, used as a beast of burdenCompare hinny 1
any hybrid animala mule canary
Also called: spinning mule a machine invented by Samuel Crompton that spins cotton into yarn and winds the yarn on spindles
informal an obstinate or stubborn person
slang a person who is paid to transport illegal drugs for a dealer
Word Origin for mule
C13: from Old French mul, from Latin mūlus ass, mule
British Dictionary definitions for mule (2 of 2)
mule2
/ (mjuĖl) /
noun
a backless shoe or slipper
Word Origin for mule
C16: from Old French from Latin mulleus a magistrate's shoe
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Other Idioms and Phrases with mule
mule
see stubborn as a mule.
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