flour mill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flour mill
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Ukraine’s real-life version of James Bond, Artem Tymofeyev, is a bearded DJ who posted on SoundCloud under the name Tim and had worked at his father’s Russian flour mill.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
It opened in 2002 in a converted flour mill, a key part of the regeneration of the Gateshead quayside on the south bank of the River Tyne.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
The flour mill was sold to Pendleton Flour Mills in 2001 and recently was transformed to a film studio.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023
In 1772, three Quaker brothers established a flour mill on its banks, and Ellicott’s Mills, as it was known then, was born.
From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022
He said that on December 3 he was in the Rising Sun Tavern, not far from the flour mill, collecting intelligence from Philadelphia agents.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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