[
US
/ˈmɪkəɫ/
]
NOUN
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
a batch of letters
a slew of journalists
a lot of money
a wad of money
it must have cost plenty
a deal of trouble
he made a mint on the stock market
How To Use mickle In A Sentence
- Their mickle honors lay there low in death; the courtiers all had grief and drearihead. The Nibelungenlied
- Many a little makes a mickle.
- Many a mickle makes a muckle.
- Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle.
- ‘And ye ken mickle less of my hinnie, sir,’ replied Maggie, Redgauntlet
- And looking over the schedule I am unaccountable for my activities for the next hour, though I do remember talking to Rob Thornton during Marcus Schmickler's set.
- Aye, weel, mony a mickle mak's a muckle, as Papa used to say. Watershed
- Churches Together in South West York, a union of nine churches in the area, are all circulating the petition along with businesses in Micklegate.
- Many proverbs use alliteration: "Many a mickle (little) makes a muckle (lot)," rhyme: "Man proposes, God disposes," parallelism: "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," ellipsis: "First come, first served," etc. The Nature Of Proverbs
- Many a little makes a mickle.
