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millstone
noun
[ ˈmɪlstəʊn ]
• each of two circular stones used for grinding grain.
Phrases
a millstone round someone's neck
• a heavy and inescapable responsibility.
"the massive pension fund is going be a millstone round the company's neck for decades"