Pronunciations (2)
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/mʌl/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
- Scotland
- Southern-England
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/mʊl/
Pronunciation notes
- Northern-England
Proper noun
An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
Noun
A member of the Service belonging to the Madras Presidency.
Usage- Obsolete
- Slang
- Examples
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The Mulls have been excited also by another occurrence […] affecting rather the trading than fashionable world.
[…] but the glorious days, when "Qui-hyes" and "Mulls" used to be pitted against each other for first spear, have vanished, […]
More examples (1)
[R]esidents of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras are, in Eastern parlance, designated 'Qui Hies,' 'Ducks,' and 'Mulls.'