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noun
A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, in-plural, often
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noun
a similar modern form of exploitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”.
