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run-of-the-mine definition

☆ run·-of-the-mine (-mīn′)

adjective

  1. not graded according to size or quality: said of coal
  2. run-of-the-mill
Also run-of-mine run′·-of-mine′

Etymology: see run,

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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