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coffee-mill en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of coffee mill.
   alt of coffee mill
   • Hark! he's muttering—voice like an old worn-out coffee-mill. Prick ears, and listen!” 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick: Or the Whale:
   • He made several attempts to grind his corn with the help of a coffee-mill borrowed from a trading-ship, but without success; and now, like the inventor of steam navigation, and other benefactors of their species nearer home, he was laughed at for his simplicity. 2011, J. B. Marsden, Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden of Paramatta:
   • January's voice was dry as he held the coffee-mill steady for Rose to pour in the beans. 2003, Barbara Hambly, Wet Grave, page 39:

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