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milo
/ˈmaɪloʊ/
name 2noun 1
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4ADJ.
entire
VERB + MILO
farm, like, name, named
MILO + NOUN
cress, perfection
ADV.
poorly
Definitions
noun
1
sorghum
When he does talk, it's always about the farm: the milo is doing poorly this year, the corn has a blight[…]
name
1
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Stevie didn't care. At least he didn't have an oddball name like Milo and he never had to get up for church on Sunday.
Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo. Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It's catchier. It's catching on round the camp, Milo, where Miles sounds a bit, well, wet. A bit middle class, you know?
2
An English surname originating as a patronymic transferred from the given name.
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When he does talk, it's always about the farm: the milo is doing poorly this year, the corn has a blight[…]
Wiktionary02
Stevie didn't care. At least he didn't have an oddball name like Milo and he never had to get up for church on Sunday.
Wiktionary03
Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo. Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It'
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Back in 2011, a 9-year-old named Milo Cress found it odd that the restaurants he would go to with his mom in Burlington, Vermont, would automatically serve drinks with a straw, whether or not their cu
Wiktionary05
When the Venus de Milo was entire, there were arms on the statue.
Tatoeba · #3220006
The Venus de Milo is the perfection of beauty.
Tatoeba · #32201Usage Notes
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