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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

What is the present price per sack of baker's and of high-grade patent flour?

From School and Home Cooking by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer

As to the digestibility and food value, the wheat breakfast foods have practically the same as graham, entire wheat, or ordinary patent flour, depending upon the stock which they contain.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder

In the best Hungarian patent flour the whole sample will be suffused by an amber tint, known to Budapest and Vienna bakers as gelblicher Stich.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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