eatables
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“Essential eatables such as chickpeas and almonds are being sent through the same channels,” Ruhela said.
From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2023
“Essential eatables such as gram and almonds are being sent through the same channels,” Ruhela said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023
Fraught with still greater danger is, however, the frequent practice of compositors of bringing their type-stained hands in contact with their lips or keeping eatables in composing rooms, etc.
From Economist • May 23, 2018
U.S. readers were so taken by Mrs. Hunkle's foodless plight and her generosity that they sent her 400 pounds of eatables.
From Time Magazine Archive
White men and women drank, chain-smoked, munched pretzels and other eatables, gossiped eagerly and played darts.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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