flour mill

noun

Origin of flour mill

First recorded in 1800–10

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I’ll make pancakes with only half whole grain from a local flour mill.
Six Months of Soft Food Set Me Free | Meghan McCarron | February 2, 2021 | Eater
At San Gabriel the first California flour-mill worked by a stream of water turning the wheel, was put up.
Stories of California | Ella M. Sexton
The first flour-mill worked by water was put up at San Gabriel Mission, and it was thought a wonderful thing indeed.
Stories of California | Ella M. Sexton
I don't think that I ever saw a flour mill in my life until I saw your funny little church.
Sixes and Sevens | O. Henry
Inside it was as dusty and full of a powdery atmosphere as an old-fashioned flour mill.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane Grey

It was altogether against the grain with him, and yet by his own consent, that the flour-mill had been opened at Fiskerville.
The Way We Live Now | Anthony Trollope

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