Etymology
Origin of breadstuff
Example Sentences
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Griddle cakes, flapjacks, or breadstuff of some kind had to be produced also; coffee in a pot that looked big enough for a hotel, with condensed milk, and a meal apiece for their dinner-hour.
From I've Married Marjorie by Widdemer, Margaret
"Say!" said Skinski to me, after we had ordered some breadstuff for the leading lady, "you're not such a late train with the sleight-of-hand gag yourself, Mr. Manager!"
From You Can Search Me by McHugh, Hugh
No chemist, with all his appliances, can turn breadstuff into brainstuff or hay into milk.
From Occultism and Common-Sense by Willson, Beckles
They've little patches o' corn ter make ther breadstuff, an' depend on huntin', fishin', an' stealin' fur the rest o' their vittles.
From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John
So to-day I opened a bag of flour to ascertain if we were to have any breadstuff.
From The Last Cruise of the Saginaw by Read, George H.
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