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churn
(redirected from butter churn)

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churn: see butter butter, dairy product obtained by churning the fat from milk until it solidifies. In most areas the milk of cows is the basis, but elsewhere that of goats, sheep, and mares has been used. Butter was known by 2000 B.C.
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So even though milk production may not recover this year, more milk will be available to the cheese vat and butter churn, thanks to lower Class I sales.
Recently listed items include a Paul McCartney Autograph Promo Placard, a vintage Shirley Temple Doll, a diamond Cameo pin, an 1892 Worlds Fair Souvenir Spoon, an antique hand-cranked butter churn and more.
Nathan's behavior as enfant terrible takes on tall-tale proportions when he locks himself inside the safe at the bank, but most of his mischief occurs in episodes that highlight the domestic life of the times (Nathan falls into the butter churn, interferes with the stationmaster's telegraph machine, and wrecks a quilting bee).
 
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