English Explanatory Dictionary

dark satanic mill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing
  2. a similar modern form of exploitation.

Word forms

dark satanic mill dark satanic mills

Etymology

From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”.

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