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patent flour

American  

noun

  1. a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.


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He said they were selling best patent flour in local lots delivered to retailers at $1.20 per 48-lb. sack.

From Time Magazine Archive

Best patent flour is retailing in Columbus today for $1.35 to $1.50 per 48-lb. sack.

From Time Magazine Archive

Please note further that patent flour loses nearly all of its salts.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.

The chief question for the housewife to decide is whether to make the bread from entire wheat flour or from patent flour.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.

The digestibility of first and second patent flours was not appreciably different from that of standard patent flour.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

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