Definition of milli milli in English:

milli milli

nounPlural milli millisˈmɪli ˌmɪli

Australian

(in Aboriginal English) a written message.
we had all our stories recorded in that milli milli
Example sentencesExamples
- Filmed in 1992, Milli Milli (meaning 'message') presents the wealth of the three parts of the Kimberley north tropical coast of the Indian Ocean where the director grew up.
- As one senior woman posed it, "We got all this milli milli, this paper, but then other things can happen, can’t they?"
- But you know. .. we don't have that milli milli. .. that Bible.
- He must be able to read whitefella milli milli.
- The milli-millis passed from Wytaliba to Nunniewarra.
- I learned that Nita, having never learned to read English, hated the “white man’s milli milli.”
- It needs to take the shape of real action as soon as possible in order to avoid being just another well-intentioned but powerless milli milli.
- He sent out one of his men with a milli-milli for Snakey.
- I'll send a milli-milli to Mr Attwooll, who must be some sort of boss-cocky in your plant.
- In the old days, he had approached them as tribal messenger, bearing the carved letter sticks—the 'milli-milli'—and other peace symbols.

Origin

1920s: a reduplication of the English word mail.

单词	milli milli
释义	Definition of milli milli in English: milli milli nounPlural milli millisˈmɪli ˌmɪli Australian (in Aboriginal English) a written message. we had all our stories recorded in that milli milli Example sentencesExamples Filmed in 1992, Milli Milli* (meaning 'message') presents the wealth of the three parts of the Kimberley north tropical coast of the Indian Ocean where the director grew up.* As one senior woman posed it, "We got all this milli milli, this paper, but then other things can happen, can’t they?" But you know. .. we don't have that milli milli. .. that Bible. He must be able to read whitefella milli milli. The milli-millis passed from Wytaliba to Nunniewarra. I learned that Nita, having never learned to read English, hated the “white man’s milli milli.” It needs to take the shape of real action as soon as possible in order to avoid being just another well-intentioned but powerless milli milli. He sent out one of his men with a milli-milli for Snakey. I'll send a milli-milli to Mr Attwooll, who must be some sort of boss-cocky in your plant. In the old days, he had approached them as tribal messenger, bearing the carved letter sticks—the 'milli-milli'—and other peace symbols. Origin 1920s: a reduplication of the English word mail.
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