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Run-of-the-mill
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| run-of-the-mill | |
| —adj | |
| ordinary, average, or undistinguished in quality, character, or nature; not special or excellent | |
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run-of-the-mill
"unspectacular," 1909, lit. in ref. to material yielded by a mill, etc., before sorting for quality. Fig use is from 1930.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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