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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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"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

And some baked breadstuff dainties on a platter.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various

As I have before said, 60,000,000 bushels of breadstuff were thus pushed through Buffalo in the open months of the year 1861.

From North America — Volume 1 by Trollope, Anthony

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

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