flutter mill


nounChiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. a flutter wheel, especially a small one designed as a child's plaything.

Origin of flutter mill

1
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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How to use flutter mill in a sentence

  • Out comes spirtin' de blood, a-flyin' frum de rollin' body like water frum a flutter-mill.

    Burl | Morrison Heady
  • He so skeer'd dat he bref come quick, en he heart go lak flutter-mill.

    Nights With Uncle Remus | Joel Chandler Harris