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Word: bilin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...morning after. Included in the preliminaries, was a trip to the woods for sassafras root and slippery elm bark for flavoring. Next morning an outdoor fire was made and the freshly scoured copper kettle swung into place. Cider on to boil, apples ready to add, and the bilin' was under way. Also ready was the long handle stirrer with a row of clean white corn husks tied through the row of holes in the end of the paddle. This was manipulated, all day long, by a relay of stirrers of which I was one. By the time the cows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 11, 1937 | 10/11/1937 | See Source »

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