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digestions

  • plural
    of digestion.
    digestion
    noun
    the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.

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“Here are some reliable recipes for seasonable candies warranted to be no more harmful to youthful digestions and appetites than most other candies.”

From New York Times Oct. 30, 2014

The Michelin inspectors are a kind of Palate Guard chosen for their iron digestions, sensitive palates and impeccable integrity.

From Time Magazine Archive

The War Production Board offices, where gloom has often been thick enough to cut with a machine tool, were aglow last week with broad smiles, good digestions, men humming in the halls.

From Time Magazine Archive

That meant that Professor Bunting probably was through fussing with the mouths, meals, appetites and digestions of the 300 orphans, whom he has had under close dietary supervision for the past five years.

From Time Magazine Archive

It does things to their teeth and their digestions.

From Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune