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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


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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 Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

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 George H. Read

"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 Hugh McHugh

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

From Occultism and Common-Sense by Beckles Willson

And some baked breadstuff dainties on a platter.

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

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