powder mill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of powder mill
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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It was the second construction contract to be let in 1940's defense emergency for a powder mill to be operated by private industry, owned by the Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
They changed the 149-year-old company from a successful powder mill in Wilmington, Del., into a chemical cornucopia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Born in Texas, he worked in a Du Pont powder mill at 22�� an hour a short 20 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Confederates had a big gun powder mill on Mill's Creek, two and a half miles north of Marshall and it stayed operatin' two or three years.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
It were futile to look for them in libraries, for Brann was about as welcome in those formal repositories of the proper in literature as matches in a powder mill.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper
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