vittle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vittle
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Friday told me such a boat would do very well, and would carry "much enough vittle, drink, bread;" that was his way of talking.
From The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, Volume 1 With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, Written By Himself, in Two Volumes by Defoe, Daniel
How on arth be yew goin' ter vittle him?
From Old Lady Number 31 by Forsslund, Louise
Robin promis’d me A’ my winter vittle; Fient haet he had but three Goose feathers and a whittle.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
My man told me, that such a boat would do very well for the purpose, sufficient to carry enough vittle, drink, bread, for that was his manner of talking.
From The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) by Defoe, Daniel
His death-charg'd pistols he did fit well, Drawn out from life-preserving vittle.
From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel
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