"millie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪliː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: millies [plural]
enPR: mĭʹlē [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From the English diminutive given name Millie. Etymology templates: {{cog|en|-}} English, {{m|en|Millie}} Millie Head templates: {{en-noun}} millie (plural millies)
  1. (informal, Northern Ireland, dated, 19th century, derogatory or endearing) A mill worker, usually a young working-class woman working in the factories of Ireland's linen industry. Tags: Northern-Ireland, dated, derogatory, endearing, informal, obsolete Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-millie-en-noun-O3WRoQrh Disambiguation of People: 53 47 Categories (other): Northern Irish English
  2. (informal, derogatory or endearing) A harshly-spoken working-class woman, often unemployed. Tags: derogatory, endearing, informal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-millie-en-noun-vqNzwUsS Disambiguation of People: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Essex Girl (taxonomic: English equivalent), chavette, mil-bag, spide, steek (english: the male equivalent), skanger (english: Republic of Ireland equivalent), Lumpenproletariat, Senga (english: Scotland equivalent)

Inflected forms

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