The parish likewise contains a corn-mill in which about 3000 bolls of grain are ground annually. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
The next most important is the boll-worm or ear-worm. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
ROBERTS: You're on the boll lot in a couple of states. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2008] Reference
Sees a little boll weevil2 keeps movin 'in the, Lordie!. From Wordnik.com. [Charley Patton Lyrics] Reference
And speaking of boll weevils, we talk about, in Alabama. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 1, 2007] Reference
Thou aeronautical boll weevil, illuminate yon woods primeval. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating The Johnny Mercer Centennial] Reference
Yes, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing overalls1. From Wordnik.com. [Jimmy Reed Lyrics] Reference
Well, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing overalls. From Wordnik.com. [Jimmy Reed Lyrics] Reference
The boll-weevil is a beetle about a quarter of an inch in length. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
Then seeing the weevil in the boll of his career, Racer rushed on. From Wordnik.com. [the deer leap]
Well now, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing overalls. From Wordnik.com. [Jimmy Reed Lyrics] Reference
We didn't have the stuff to spray it with, and the boll weevil'd eat it up. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with John W. Snipes, September 20, 1976. Interview H-0098-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Outdoor sanitation and boll-weevils in the bed-posts have gone out of fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Satan Bug]
Blecker only smiled, and seated her gently on the mossy boll of the beech-tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
But the boll weevil just about broke me from trying to raise it; it'd eat it up. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with John W. Snipes, September 20, 1976. Interview H-0098-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Water quality, lack of fuel for boiling water, mothers 'motivation to boll water. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
This little beetle eats into the heart of each boll, which soon falls to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
As in the case of drying firewood, to exhort cooks to boll food slowly is not enough. From Wordnik.com. [4.1) Market research] Reference
Given the turbulence in the industry, warding off a field of boll weevils might be easier. From Wordnik.com. [A Courtly Airline Gets Tough] Reference
I never see them dese days but I'd rather have them than dis boll weevil I's pestered wid. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4] Reference
It started as a tiny aerial crop-dusting company formed to wipe out the dreaded boll weevil. From Wordnik.com. [A Courtly Airline Gets Tough] Reference
After the boll-weevil got bad I came to the other side of the river yonder, where I stayed 7 years. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4] Reference
Chinch bugs destroy wheat to the value of twenty million dollars a year, and the cotton-boll weevil costs the. From Wordnik.com. [The Bird Study Book] Reference
I boil it down and strain it, then boll it down, put camphor gum and fresh lard in it, boil it down low and pour it up. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7] Reference
The control of the boll-weevil is considered one of the most serious problems confronting the agricultural men of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
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