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breadstuff

American  
[bred-stuhf] / ˈbrɛdˌstʌf /

noun

  1. grain, flour, or meal for making bread.

  2. any kind of bread.


Etymology

Origin of breadstuff

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; bread + stuff

Example Sentences

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I breathed the flour and drank the flour, and felt myself to be enveloped in a world of breadstuff.

From North America — Volume 1 by Trollope, Anthony

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

Plasmon biscuit, imported from England, is the most nutritious breadstuff I have ever used.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

Here the troops suffered as seldom during the war for provisions, especially breadstuff.

From History of Kershaw's Brigade by Dickert, D. Augustus

No chemist, with all his appliances, can turn breadstuff into brainstuff or hay into milk.

From Occultism and Common-Sense by Willson, Beckles