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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

a king's accession to a confederacy

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mills

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/mɪlz/Used In Literature ↓

A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.

In a Sentence

Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.

Origin

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Common Phrases

. millsmills cottonmills textilemills steelmills papermills sugarmills flour
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Poetry examples for mills

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

beneficent influence, a song of the girl Felippa, or "Pippa," on her

holiday from the silk-mills. She is unconscious of the influence she

exerts. William Sharp says these songs "are as pathetically fresh

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