"essay mill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: essay mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} essay mill (plural essay mills)
  1. (education, derogatory) An organization that sells prewritten papers to students. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Education Synonyms: paper mill (english: in one of its senses) Translations (Translations): esseetehdas (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-essay_mill-en-noun-TVB1BgWp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: education

Inflected forms

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