dark satanic mill

== English == === Etymology === From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”. === Noun === dark satanic mill (plural dark satanic mills) (often in the plural, derogatory) A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing (by extension) a similar modern form of exploitation.