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(idiomatic) A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.

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dusty miller

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dusty miller

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(idiomatic) A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.

Japanese Meaning

製粉所で働く、粉を扱う職人、つまり粉挽き職人を指す定型表現。特に、製粉過程で舞い上がる粉塵に由来する表現。

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At dawn the dusty miller trudged to the stone mill, his apron stiff with bran and flour.

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夜明け、粉まみれの製粉業者は石臼のある製粉所へ歩いて行き、前掛けにはふすまと小麦粉がこびりついていた。

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(idiomatic) A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.

Hey, the dusty miller, / And his dusty coat! / He will win a shilling, / Ere he spend a groat. / Dusty was the coat, / Dusty was the colour; / Dusty was the kiss, / That I gat frae the miller.

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Any of several species of plants with leaves of a dusty appearance: Centaurea cineraria, Jacobaea maritima, Artemisia stelleriana, Spyridium parvifolium, and Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria.

dusty millers

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