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dusty miller

noun

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  1. A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.

    • Hey, the dusty miller, / And his dusty coat! / He will win a shilling, / Ere he spend a groat. / Dusty was the coat, / Dusty was the colour; / Dusty was the kiss, / That I gat frae the miller.

  2. Any of several species of plants with leaves of a dusty appearance

    Any of several species of plants with leaves of a dusty appearance: Centaurea cineraria, Jacobaea maritima, Artemisia stelleriana, Spyridium parvifolium, and Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria.

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