mill-hopper

Come, Friar John, let us go break our fast; for, if I hit on such a round refection in the morning as will serve thoroughly to fill the mill-hopper and hogs-hide of my stomach, and furnish it with meat and drink sufficient, then at a pinch, as in the case of some extreme necessity which presseth, I could make a shift that day to forbear dining.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Come, Friar John, let us go break our fast; for, if I hit on such a round refection in the morning as will serve thoroughly to fill the mill-hopper and hogs-hide of my stomach, and furnish it with meat and drink sufficient, then at a pinch, as in the case of some extreme necessity which presseth, I could make a shift that day to forbear dining.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

The leystand should be made of cedar or pine boards, in the shape of a mill-hopper, and have holes bored in the bottom for the ley to run through; have four posts planted in the ground to support it; let it be high enough for a small tub to set under.

Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea

One of the mule-drivers, who was somewhat hot-tempered, was so provoked by the haughty language of the poor fallen knight, that he resolved to give him the answer on his ribs, and running up he snatched the lance from Don Quixote's hands, broke it in pieces, and taking one of them began to beat him with such good-will that in spite of the armor he bruised him like wheat in a mill-hopper.

Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

"Ye can tak 'a note o' the circumstance an 'tell the minister the next time he comes owre," said I, dry as a mill-hopper.

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

Each man takes a large lump on his lap, or any convenient support, and then cuts off little chunks which he tosses into his mouth as if it were a mill-hopper.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865

A sleigh much used by Russian merchants is shaped like an elongated mill-hopper.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865

Miss Amabel Adeline Ammaby had been dipped in the mill-hopper.

Jan of the Windmill Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

The 'squire was a monstrous' commerdatin 'man, and, says he,' Good as wheat in the mill-hopper, Sol; work for me a day, and keep up with Bob Snipes '(here the' squire gin me the wink), 'and I'll go.'

Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters 1859

Friar John, let us go break our fast; for, if I hit on such a round refection in the morning as will serve thoroughly to fill the mill-hopper and hogs-hide of my stomach, and furnish it with meat and drink sufficient, then at a pinch, as in the case of some extreme necessity which presseth, I could make a shift that day to forbear dining.

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518