Example Sentences

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We beat down the river that early autumn traded our gold-dust for food, went back to the mouth of the Mullen River, then began our march up mullen river.

From Black Beaver The Trapper by Lewis, James Campbell

It took them into the edge of the meadow, around a stalk of mullen, where there were a number of webs.

From Darrel of the Blessed Isles by Bacheller, Irving

Den yuh hadder go to whey dere some sweet gum grow en ge' de top outer dem en ge' some mullen to put wid it.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

I wisht I knowd where to find a bed of mullen.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration

Us had to go out in de woods an' git May-apple root an' mullen weed an' all sich to bile for to cyore de fever.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration