"Miller of Dee" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the traditional English folk song Miller of Dee, in which the eponymous miller sings \"I care for nobody, no not I, if nobody cares for me.\"",
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          "ref": "1852, Samuel Warren, The Experiences of a Barrister, page 209",
          "text": "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 very Miller of Dee, and accountable to nobody.",
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          "ref": "1920, John Galsworthy, Tatterdemalion, page 82",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1992, Claire Rayner, The Strand, page 72",
          "text": "\"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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        "Someone who lives independently and unattached to others, especially for selfish reasons."
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        "(idiomatic) Someone who lives independently and unattached to others, especially for selfish reasons."
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  "etymology_text": "From the traditional English folk song Miller of Dee, in which the eponymous miller sings \"I care for nobody, no not I, if nobody cares for me.\"",
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          "ref": "1852, Samuel Warren, The Experiences of a Barrister, page 209",
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          "text": "\"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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