born in a mill
phraseEtymology
The loud machinery in a mill may necessitate raising one's voice to be heard.
Definitions
Applied to a person who speaks more loudly than necessary.
- Were you born in a mill, curtole? you prate so hye.
- Hence among the vulgar, when you speak to them with too loud a voice, they tell you "that they were not born in a mill."
- Admonished that she should “keep the woman's virtue and be more silent,” she countered “that she was 'born in a mill, begot in a kill, she must have her will,' she could speak no softlier.”
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA