mill-girl

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mill-girl - a girl who works in a mill

fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

factory worker, mill-hand - a workman in a mill or factory

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1979 Dame Gracie Fields, the Lancashire mill-girl who sang her way into the hearts of millions, died at her Capri home aged 81.

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