white flint
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Davis Farm in Stonington, Conn., at the state’s southeastern tip, still grows a white flint corn that the family obtained around 1654 from a local tribe.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Mr. Davis said his farm has lost the King Philip corn that once grew there, but has kept its white flint line going.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Wrote Alan: “The common boulders that served as the basis for the White Flint name are actually white quartz. Geologists say there is no such thing as white flint rocks.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
This time it was a small, thin disc of white flint, with a hole in the center through which a beaded cord of sinew was looped.
From Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson
Hakachímatu Blue and white flint place, Polecat Spring.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
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