1821. Egan, Real Life, i. 606. Somebody must make a mull.
1839. Charles Dance, Alive & Merry, i. 2. Mr. Patrick Day, it
strikes me, with the greatest respect, that you have made a mull of
your fortunes.
1844. Puck, p. 14. He tried his dos and ras and mes But floundering
in his A’s and B’s He made among his bunch of keys As great a mull
as The class of Dons in Trinity With Mr. Hullah’s.
1858. Shirley Brooks, The Gordian Knot, p. 14. If that woman had
anything to do with the dinners, one can see what a mull they must
have been.
1860. Binney, Church Life in Australia, App. No. viii. 59. The
whole thing is a mull.
1874. Jos. Hatton, Clytie, ii. ch. xii. And look what a mull you
made of the old Earl business! Why, the examination upon that point
damns your whole case.