bleachery
Americannoun
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bleacheries
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By the time his bleachery is ready, he hopes his ad campaign will make Springmaid well enough known to make him a major seller of finished goods.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was one union in the bleachery; that was in another department where mostly men were employed—the folders.
From Working With the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker
At least there was always the laughter, always the talk, always the visiting back and forth, at the bleachery.
From Working With the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker
A factory, usually a bleachery, was commandeered and about a hundred large tubs of hot water were provided.
From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by John Allister Currie
Employment conditions at the bleachery were such that it was necessary to make sure of a job by arranging matters ahead of time with the manager.
From Working With the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker
There are numerous saw-mills, shipbuilding yards, engineering works, distilleries, sugar refineries, tobacco factories, linen bleacheries and stained glass, salt and white lead works.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
We have furnished paper mills, tanneries and bleacheries, and other exposed places with waterproof link belts, and all have been entirely satisfactory so far.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various
This article is of principal utility to France, in her bleacheries of linen, glass-works, and soap-works; and the potash of America, being made of green wood, is known to be the best in the world.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
It is collected and compressed to a liquid form and shipped in containers under pressure for use in chemical works and bleacheries and for the purification of drinking water.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
White maple forms an excellent top floor, although not so hard as others, especially where the floor is likely to be exposed to water, as in paper mills and bleacheries.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various
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