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Meaning: (idiomatic)Someone who livesindependentlyandunattachedto others, especially forselfishreasons.1852, Samuel Warren,The Experiences of a Barrister, page209:Mr. Wallace, although fortified with a letter bearing the mitred seal of the Bishop the diocese, feels that he is about to come in contact with a great power; an awful something that is not to be trifled with; one of the noblest institutions of our land, who is a veryMiller of Dee, and accountable to nobody.1920, John Galsworthy,Tatterdemalion,→ISBN, page82:He was a regular "Miller of Dee," caring for nobody; and yet he was likeable, that humorous old stoic, who suffered from gall-stone, and bore horrible bouts of pain like a hero.1992, Claire Rayner,The Strand,→ISBN, page72:"None at all? No parents, no wives, no children of your own?" "Not one, thank God.Miller of Dee, that's me."
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