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Example sentences for "parched corn"

  • Their hunters kept them supplied with game, and each man carried a small quantity of parched corn.

  • A cup of cereal coffee or tea-hygiene with a dish of parched corn makes a nice luncheon or supper.

  • Housewarming" on Parched Corn, Persimmons and Water= Then we went out and cut small poles and made a bunk, to lift us off the ground.

  • He had no fear of wanting food, as he could live well on roasting ears, as long as the corn was in the milk; and afterwards, on parched corn, as long as the grain remained in the field.

  • This bag I filled with the meal of parched corn, grinding the corn after it was parched in the woods where I worked at the mill at night.

  • Yet, I ask again, was it wisdom to let him loose, who, for a mouthful of parched corn, might betray us to the Mengwe?

  • Riley's wife brought down a bag of parched corn, a dried venison ham, and his gun and ammunition, saying that if he went he would need these things.

  • We must share with them our dinner of parched corn.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    council fire; distinguished from; grated cheese; horse team; literal sense; little salt and cayenne; other colleges; other reason; overwhelming force; pale blue; parched corn; pretty much; quoth she; said pleasantly; says nothing; shall write; silver dish; small craft; summer pelage; turn back; when presently; white samite