maida
[ mahy-duh ]
noun
a finely milled, bleached white flour from the Indian subcontinent, used in making pastries and traditional flatbreads.
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How to use maida in a sentence
Her eyes were fixed on the motor omnibuses passing up and down maida Vale at the end of her road.
Jaffery | William J. Locke“Amy White's mother plays dominoes with her every evening,” maida remarked.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins FreemanAnnie was almost inconceivably a child, much more of a child than maida or Adelaide Edes.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins FreemanThen there was one double gasp of admiration from maida and Adelaide in their white frocks and blue ribbons.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freemanmaida and Vimiero were real defeats, but the numbers engaged were insignificant.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
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