Victuals

Examples

• Christian, maul down the victuals from corner-cupboard if canst reach, man, and I'll draw a drap o' sommat to wet it with. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Only when a person lays in victuals for tea, a person does it with a view--perhaps--more to time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I dare say he will,' replied the lady pettishly, 'on our victuals and our drink. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Shall I go and bring the victuals now? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They sent me own victuals and drink, and took the government of the ship to themselves. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I hadn't victuals enough to snore. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• These circumstances, added to the refreshment I had received by their victuals and drink, which were very nourishing, disposed me to sleep. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Sometimes we received wine and victuals from below, which were drawn up by pulleys. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• A poor prisoner, fed on alms and broken victuals; a squalid, disgraced wretch! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You've as splendid victuals and drink as at other parties, and even better. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink; Victuals and drink were the whole of her diet, And yet this old woman would NEVER be quiet. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The feet demand shoes; the legs stockings; and the rest of the body clothing; and the belly a good deal of victuals. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• We sell our victuals to the Islands for rum and sugar; the substantial necessaries of life for superfluities. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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