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run-of-the-mine

[ ruhn-uhv-thuh-mahyn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
  2. common or ordinary; run-of-the-mill:

    a boring, run-of-the-mine performance.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of run-of-the-mine1

First recorded in 1905–10

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