Definition of "miles" []

• Plural form of mile. (noun)
• A great distance. (noun)

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• "He ran him for seven miles -- _seven miles_, mind you!"
• "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?"
• "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*."