Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
mile . - noun slang A great
distance .
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Examples
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He ran him for seven miles -- _seven miles_, mind you!
The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916
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Nannie is miles and _miles_ away from here by the cars, and how're children like you ever going to get to her without money or anything?
We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses Barbara Yechton 1901
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On this level part a horse travels with four waggons in his train, these together with their loads weighing sixteen tons, at the rate of three miles an hour, and continuing to do this eight hours, or through the distance of twenty-four miles*.
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[Parameter (Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, valueFromPipeline = $true)] "$miles miles equals $ (($miles * 1.61)) kilometers"
TechNet Blogs ScriptingGuy 2010
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[Parameter (Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, valueFromPipeline = $true)] "$miles miles equals $ (($miles * 1.61)) kilometers"
TechNet Blogs ScriptingGuy 2010
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[Parameter (Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, valueFromPipeline = $true)] "$miles miles equals $ (($miles * 1.61)) kilometers"
TechNet Blogs 2010
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[Parameter (Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, valueFromPipeline = $true)] "$miles miles equals $ (($miles * 1.61)) kilometers"
TechNet Blogs 2010
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Function Script: ConvertToKilometers ($miles) "$miles miles equals $ (($miles * 1.61)) kilometers"
TechNet Blogs 2010
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We recommend doing the full loop (1.72 miles*) plus the there-and-back extension from the apex of the hill, which will add nearly a mile more of hiking for a total of 2.7 miles.
LAist 2009
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We recommend doing the full loop (1.72 miles*) plus the there-and-back extension from the apex of the hill, which will add nearly a mile more of hiking for a total of 2.7 miles.
LAist 2009
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