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Mill about

verb

Be about. Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill around, tarry. "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

Move about in a confused manner. Synonyms: mill, mill around.

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"Mill about" Quotes from Famous Books

... some time after dark, when the distant twinkle of the-watch-fires announced our approach to the camp. A detachment of the Fourteenth formed the advanced post, and from the officer in command I learned that Power was quartered at a small mill about half a mile distant; thither I accordingly turned my steps, but finding that the path which led abruptly down to it was broken and cut up in many places, I sent Mike back with the horses, and continued my way ...

— Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) • Charles Lever

Words linked to "Mill about" : prowl, lurch, be, move