| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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If you had the rent of Dee Mills, you would spend it all. Dee Mills, in Cheshire, used to yield a very large annual rent. (Cheshire proverb.)
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| “There was a jolly miller |
| Lived on the river Dee; |
| He worked and sung from morn to night— |
| No lark so blithe as he; |
| And this the burden of his song |
| For ever used to be— |
| I care for nobody, no, not I |
| If nobody cares for me.’” | |
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Bickerstaff: Love in a Village (1762). |
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