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more sacks to the mill
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English
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
Synonyms
1.3.2
Derived terms
1.4
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English
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Alternative forms
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more sacks on the mill
Etymology
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From the cry of each child joining the dogpile.
Noun
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more
sacks
to
the
mill
(
uncountable
)
(
UK
,
historical
games
)
A
children
's
dogpile
game
played
in
Oxfordshire
and
other
areas
of
Britain
.
Synonyms
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stack-upon-the-kill
;
see
dogpile
Derived terms
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stacks on the mill
References
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"
sack
" in Joseph Wright's
The English Dialect Dictionary
, Vol. V
, London: H. Frowde, 1898-1905.
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