run of the milln.adj.

Brit.

/ˌrʌn ə(v) ðə ˈmɪl/, U.S.

/ˌrən ə(v) ðə ˈmɪl/

Inflections: Plural runs of the mill, run of the mills.

Forms: 1800s– run of the mill, 1900s– run of the mills.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: run n.², of prep., the adj., mill n.¹

Etymology: < run n.² + of prep. + the adj. + mill n.¹

Originally North American.

A. n.

1. North American. The material produced by a mill before being sorted or inspected for quality; (more generally) goods of an uncertain or variable quality produced by a mill. Cf. run n.² 47a, mill-run n. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > manufactured article or product > general types of

small ware1815

special edition1845

stamping1862

run of the mill1876

mass product1922

short run1957

1876 J. B. Killebrew Rep. Ocoee & Hiwassee Min. District 33 Lumber is cheap. Ten dollars per thousand is the price for inch lumber, the run of the mill; $12.50 for choice.

1877 Rep. Select Standing Comm. Immigration & Colonization in Jrnls. House of Commons Canada 11 App. 172 The run of the mill will cost from $15 to $16 a thousand, and the selections, throwing out portions of it, makes good flooring.

1896 W. G. Berg in A. L. Johnson Econ. Designing of Timber Trestle Bridges App. iii. 39 Lumber can be bought more cheaply by giving a general order for ‘the run of the mill for the season’ or ‘a cargo lot’.

1910 H. Maxwell Wood-using Industries of Maryland 26 The cost of longleaf pine by the run of the mill was $12.05 in 1908 in Louisiana.

1939 M. Evans & E. B. McGowan Guide to Textiles 66 Run-of-the-mill is a term which in general means that the merchandise has not been inspected... Sheets and pillowcases are frequently sold as run-of-the-mill.

2. The ordinary, average, or mediocre type of something.

ΚΠ

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xiii. 170 I guess I'm as good a husband as the run of the mill, but God, I do get so tired of going home every evening, and nothing to see but the movies.

1930 Cosmopolitan Sept. 37/2 But level-headed as a wife and a darned sight better-looking than the run of the mill of wives.

1938 K. A. Porter in Southern Rev. Winter 429 I've got a special job beside my usual run of the mill.

1966 Polit. Sci. Q. 81 2 As long as the going is good, the run of the mill of the citizenry will not enter the political market.

2003 K. Scott in C. B. Bailey Age of Watteau, Chardin, & Fragonard 94 Like Mignard, Chardin used formal means, among them portrait conventions, to set his scene apart from the run of the mill.

B. adj.

Of an ordinary or undistinguished type or quality; average, mediocre; mundane.Frequently hyphenated, esp. in attributive constructions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective]

feeblec1275

demeanc1380

unnoblec1384

coarse1424

colourlessc1425

passable1489

meana1500

indifferent1532

plain1539

so-so1542

mediocre1586

ordinary1590

fameless1611

middling1652

middle-rate1658

ornery1692

so-soish1819

nohow1828

betwixt and between1832

indifferential1836

null1847

undazzling1855

deviceless1884

uncompetitive1885

tug1890

run of the mill1919

serviceable1920

dim1958

spammy1959

comme ci, comme ça1968

vanilla1972

meh2007

1919 Trans. Med. Assoc. Alabama 263 The run-of-the-mill layman is not nearly so well equipped for this work as the run-of-the-mill physician.

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Oct. 4/3 An ordinary, run-of-the-mill gravy.

1943 B. A. De Voto in Harper's Mag. May 645/1 But what they have to say is mostly run of the mill.

1969 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 17/7 No hard boundaries exist to separate jazz singers from run-of-the-mill night club performers.

2008 Review (Rio Tinto) Mar. 7/3 While its most dramatic uses include replacement joints, surgical instruments and heart stints, it has many more run of the mill applications.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	run of the mill
释义	run of the milln.adj. Brit. /ˌrʌn ə(v) ðə ˈmɪl/, U.S. /ˌrən ə(v) ðə ˈmɪl/ Inflections: Plural runs of the mill, run of the mills. Forms: 1800s– run of the mill, 1900s– run of the mills. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: run n.², of prep., the adj., mill n.¹ Etymology: < run n.² + of prep. + the adj. + mill n.¹ Originally North American. A. n. 1. North American. The material produced by a mill before being sorted or inspected for quality; (more generally) goods of an uncertain or variable quality produced by a mill. Cf. run n.² 47a, mill-run n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > manufactured article or product > general types of small ware1815 special edition1845 stamping1862 run of the mill1876 mass product1922 short run1957 1876 J. B. Killebrew Rep. Ocoee & Hiwassee Min. District 33 Lumber is cheap. Ten dollars per thousand is the price for inch lumber, the run of the mill; $12.50 for choice. 1877 Rep. Select Standing Comm. Immigration & Colonization in Jrnls. House of Commons Canada 11 App. 172 The run of the mill will cost from $15 to $16 a thousand, and the selections, throwing out portions of it, makes good flooring. 1896 W. G. Berg in A. L. Johnson Econ. Designing of Timber Trestle Bridges App. iii. 39 Lumber can be bought more cheaply by giving a general order for ‘the run of the mill for the season’ or ‘a cargo lot’. 1910 H. Maxwell Wood-using Industries of Maryland 26 The cost of longleaf pine by the run of the mill was $12.05 in 1908 in Louisiana. 1939 M. Evans & E. B. McGowan Guide to Textiles 66 Run-of-the-mill is a term which in general means that the merchandise has not been inspected... Sheets and pillowcases are frequently sold as run-of-the-mill. 2. The ordinary, average, or mediocre type of something. ΚΠ 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xiii. 170 I guess I'm as good a husband as the run of the mill, but God, I do get so tired of going home every evening, and nothing to see but the movies. 1930 Cosmopolitan Sept. 37/2 But level-headed as a wife and a darned sight better-looking than the run of the mill of wives. 1938 K. A. Porter in Southern Rev. Winter 429 I've got a special job beside my usual run of the mill. 1966 Polit. Sci. Q. 81 2 As long as the going is good, the run of the mill of the citizenry will not enter the political market. 2003 K. Scott in C. B. Bailey Age of Watteau, Chardin, & Fragonard 94 Like Mignard, Chardin used formal means, among them portrait conventions, to set his scene apart from the run of the mill. B. adj. Of an ordinary or undistinguished type or quality; average, mediocre; mundane.Frequently hyphenated, esp. in attributive constructions. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective] feeblec1275 demeanc1380 unnoblec1384 coarse1424 colourlessc1425 passable1489 meana1500 indifferent1532 plain1539 so-so1542 mediocre1586 ordinary1590 fameless1611 middling1652 middle-rate1658 ornery1692 so-soish1819 nohow1828 betwixt and between1832 indifferential1836 null1847 undazzling1855 deviceless1884 uncompetitive1885 tug1890 run of the mill1919 serviceable1920 dim1958 spammy1959 comme ci, comme ça1968 vanilla1972 meh2007 1919 Trans. Med. Assoc. Alabama 263 The run-of-the-mill layman is not nearly so well equipped for this work as the run-of-the-mill physician. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Oct. 4/3 An ordinary, run-of-the-mill gravy. 1943 B. A. De Voto in Harper's Mag. May 645/1 But what they have to say is mostly run of the mill. 1969 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 17/7 No hard boundaries exist to separate jazz singers from run-of-the-mill night club performers. 2008 Review (Rio Tinto) Mar. 7/3 While its most dramatic uses include replacement joints, surgical instruments and heart stints, it has many more run of the mill applications. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1876
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