vittles

American  

[vit-lz] / ˈvɪt lz /

plural noun

1. a nonstandard variant of victuals.

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Etymology

Origin of vittles

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

"This page was created so those that are on a strict budget or have a bit of a bare cupboard can come and make their vittles for cheap."

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2023

Famously, they gave her credit in the liner notes of their “Idlewild South” album for providing vittles.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2016

And when you lift the lid of your barbecue to check on the the status of your vittles, you pretty much lose all of those things at once.

From Time • Sep. 13, 2015

For the kids, there’s mutton busting and roping events, and Sunday services always wrap with a potluck dinner, with “some of the best vittles you ever had.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2014

She sobbed out that he ’as lucky to be dead; now he didn’t have to work all day after coughin’ all night, and didn’t have to worry bout gittin’ enough vittles.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns