Miller of Dee – English noun declension

English noun forms of Miller of Dee

Noun: Miller of Dee
SingularMiller of Dee
PluralMillers of Dee

Sample Sentences

  • 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. [1852, Samuel Warren, The Experiences of a Barrister, page 209:]
  • 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. [1920, John Galsworthy, Tatterdemalion, →ISBN, page 82:]
  • "None at all? No parents, no wives, no children of your own?" "Not one, thank God. Miller of Dee, that's me." [1992, Claire Rayner, The Strand, →ISBN, page 72:]

Nouns inflected like Miller of Dee

Miller of Dee, Miller of the Dee,

Etymology

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."