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单词 he that comes first to the mill grinds first
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he that comes first to the mill grinds first
P1. he that comes first to the mill grinds first and variants. [Compare Erasmus Adagia 688 d: qui primus venerit, primus molet] . Cf. first come, first served at first adj., adv., and n.2 Phrases 2d. Obsolete.
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c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 389 Who so that first to mille comth, first grynt.
?1475 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 593 He avysyth me to tery tyll the money be com lest þat I be vnpayed; for who comyth fyrst to the mylle fyrst must grynd.
1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 156/2 in Piazza Universale Who first goes to the mill, first grindes.
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