Etymology
Origin of breadstuff
Example Sentences
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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
Of our commercial objects, Spain receives favorably our breadstuff, salted fish, wood, ships, tar, pitch, and turpentine.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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
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
This was the first place since we left Los Angeles where we could buy any kind of breadstuff, and we were here enabled to get a change of diet, including greens.
From Death Valley in '49 by Manly, William Lewis
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