- run-of-the-mine
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or run-of-mine
adjective
Date: 1903
1. not graded <run-of-the-mine coal> 2. run-of-the-mill
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
run-of-the-mine
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run-of-the-mine — • run of the mill • run of the mine adj Of a common kind; ordinary; usual. Frank is a very good bowler, but Joe is just run of the mill. It was just a run of the mine movie … Словарь американских идиом
run-of-the-mine — /run euhv dheuh muyn /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc. 2. common or ordinary; run of the mill: a boring, run of the mine performance. Also, run of mine /run euhv muyn /. [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
run-of-the-mine — ☆ run of the mine [run′əv thəmīn′ ] adj. [see RUN, n. 16b] 1. not graded according to size or quality: said of coal 2. RUN OF THE MILL: Also run of mine … English World dictionary
run-of-the-mine — adjective not special in any way run of the mill boxing your run of the mine college graduate a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer s career • Syn: ↑run of the mill, ↑mine run, ↑unexceptional • … Useful english dictionary
run-of-the-mine — adj. run of the mill, common, not special in any way, ordinary; ordinary in quality or rarity; of or pertaining to coal that is crude … English contemporary dictionary
run-of-the-mill — or[run of the mine] {adj.} Of a common kind; ordinary; usual. * /Frank is a very good bowler, but Joe is just run of the mill./ * /It was just a run of the mine movie./ … Dictionary of American idioms
run-of-the-mill — or[run of the mine] {adj.} Of a common kind; ordinary; usual. * /Frank is a very good bowler, but Joe is just run of the mill./ * /It was just a run of the mine movie./ … Dictionary of American idioms
run-of-the-mill — • run of the mill • run of the mine adj Of a common kind; ordinary; usual. Frank is a very good bowler, but Joe is just run of the mill. It was just a run of the mine movie … Словарь американских идиом
run-of-the-mill — adjective not special in any way run of the mill boxing your run of the mine college graduate a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer s career • Syn: ↑run of the mine, ↑mine run, ↑unexceptional • … Useful english dictionary
run of the mill — adj. run of the mine, common, not special in any way, ordinary; ordinary in quality or rarity … English contemporary dictionary
