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- noun Plural form of
gristmill .
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Examples
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The small community boasted dry goods and grocery stores, gristmills and sawmills, and two taverns.
'David Ruggles' 2010
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The small community boasted dry goods and grocery stores, gristmills and sawmills, and two taverns.
'David Ruggles' 2010
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The small community boasted dry goods and grocery stores, gristmills and sawmills, and two taverns.
'David Ruggles' 2010
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Cherokee men were given plows, livestock, and gristmills; the women were provided with cloth and spinning tools.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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Maria had assumed the responsibility of running and managing gristmills, sawmills, and other activities on the 24-square-mile property.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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For example, Maria Van Renssaeler operated a 24-square-mile fiefdom that included gristmills, sawmills, and other income-producing activities.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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The settlements depended on roads, ferries, bridges and gristmills for transport, communication, and the basic food supply.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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The settlements depended on roads, ferries, bridges and gristmills for transport, communication, and the basic food supply.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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The settlements depended on roads, ferries, bridges and gristmills for transport, communication, and the basic food supply.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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If the State of Kansas had passed a law providing that all gristmills, even though operated in a way that could not offend on any ground of public policy ... in my judgment the Kansas law would have been clearly unconstitutional and void ....
The Volokh Conspiracy » WINE WARS–SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL ON WEBB-KENYON: 2004
hernesheir commented on the word gristmills
A single vowel comprises 100% of this word's vowels; these are but 20% of its letters (80% being consonants). I wonder where this word would rank in normal distributions of all English words so described.
February 12, 2011