millpond

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Nestled beneath the imposing white peaks of two glaciers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca, the aquamarine Lake Palcacocha is as calm as a millpond.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2018

The coroners' report, originally written in Latin, describes the death of two-and-half-year-old Jane Shaxspere, who drowned picking marigolds in a stream beside a millpond.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2011

The girl, possibly a young cousin of William Shakespeare, had been picking flowers when she fell into a millpond near Stratford upon Avon.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2011

The Swan River just beyond the Waca can often be a millpond with dinghies helplessly becalmed but they buzz along as soon as the doctor calls.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2010

The address on the ID card is this place on the other side of the millpond.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick