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
Take the trouble to get meal water-ground, from white flint corn, and fresh from the mill.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha
The road at the foot of the bluff, more than a hundred feet below Jean, showed its white flint belt in distant laps and stretches through northern foliage.
From Old Kaskaskia by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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