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dark satanic mill

noun

Etymology

From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”.

Definitions

  1. A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing

    • Instead, the 30-year-old singer's subjects include that modern satanic mill, the call centre.
    • The working class just looks different. "Call centres are the new dark satanic mills. We have people who have to put their hand up to ask to go to the toilet.
    • Danny Boyle is expected present a grim picture of Britain's satanic mills with a towering factory chimney the centrepiece of a scene showing off the country's coal-powered past.

  2. a similar modern form of exploitation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA