victual
noun
victuals, food supplies; provisions.
had been victualling
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past perfect progressiveof victual.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The proposal came from my wife, who had been victualling Amy's mother and Amy's baby sister for some weeks.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 by Various
