millie

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Definition of millie in English English dictionary

A diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia and Camilla, also used as a formal given name

A working class, harsh-spoken woman, often unemployed (also mil-bag)

a mill-worker, usually a young, working class woman working in the factories of Ireland's linen industry.BBC Newsline broadcast 27th of May 2010

{i} female first name

diminutive of Mildred, Millicent, Emily and Camilla

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Vincent Millie Youmans

born Sept. 27, 1898, New York, N.Y., U.S. died April 5, 1946, Denver, Colo. U.S. songwriter. He started writing songs while in the navy during World War I and later worked as a song plugger in Tin Pan Alley. He collaborated with lyricists such as Ira Gershwin and Oscar Hammerstein on the Broadway musicals Wildflower (1923), No, No, Nanette (1925), Hit the Deck (1927), Great Day (1928), and the first Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers vehicle, Flying Down to Rio (1933). His standards include "Tea for Two," "More Than You Know," "Time on My Hands," and "Carioca

Hyphenation

Mil·lie

Turkish pronunciation

mîli

Pronunciation

/ˈməlē/ /ˈmɪliː/

Etymology

() From the English diminutive given name Millie.