coffee mill

noun

1. a small mill for grinding roasted coffee beans.

coffee mill

noun

1. a machine for grinding roasted coffee beans

Word History and Origins

Origin of coffee mill¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

The 'old coffee mill,' as the sailors dubbed the paying-out gear, kept grinding away. '

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Hey, Chick, get a move on wi that loadin there, said Bill; youre hardly keepin the ol coffee mill grindin.

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Then came the Mississippi—the old spinning wheel, coffee mill, windmill, as the discontented sailor called her.

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We passed a coffee-mill with big barbecues, and men spreading out the coffee on them with shovels.

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You didn't hear that voice when you were patting round grandma's kitchen, making Ruthie's coffee-mill buzz.

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