Meaning of MOLEHILL
| Pronunciation: | | 'mowl`hil
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| | Definition: | | [n] a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing |
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| | See Also: | | hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll, mound | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mole"hill`\, n.
A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under
ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant
obstacle or difficulty.
Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a
molehill. --South.
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| | Related Terms: | | a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, anthill, bagatelle, bank, barrow, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, brae, brass farthing, butte, button, cent, cock, curio, down, drift, drumlin, dune, embankment, farce, farthing, feather, fell, fig, fleabite, folderol, foothills, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, hair, halfpenny, haycock, haymow, hayrick, haystack, heap, hill, hill of beans, hillock, hummock, jest, joke, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, knob, knoll, minikin, mockery, monticle, monticule, moor, mound, mow, peppercorn, picayune, pile, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pyramid, rap, red cent, rick, row of pins, rush, sand dune, shit, snap, sneeshing, snowdrift, sou, stack, straw, swell, toy, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, two cents, twopence, whim-wham |
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