Meanings
meller1
plural mellers
- economicsA melodrama.
It pulls together first-rate pseudo-science and high-grade detective meller of the Spillane school (but entirely clean) and the result is fine read-and-forget entertainment.
1952 November 28, Groff Conklin, Galaxy Science Fiction, page 122, column 1
Meller2
Origin
A shortening of melodrama + -er (“Variety -er”)
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