run of the mine

adjective

of or pertaining to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.

common or ordinary; run-of-the-mill: a boring, run-of-the-mine performance.

Also, run-of-mine

[ruhn-uh

v-mahyn] .

Origin:
1905–10

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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]

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