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  • On approaching nearer, Bella discerned that the refection had the appearance of a small cottage-loaf and a pennyworth of milk.

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • After a quick stop in the kitchen for a peg of the vin ordinaire that the departing family had deemed too inferior to take with them or to try and sell, a big cottage-loaf, and a pot of honey, he bundled himself up in his mackintosh and went out into the wet, tying his hood down around his ears.

    The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Mark helped the steak, and the mate poured out the tea and hewed a couple of lumps off a cottage-loaf.

    Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle George Manville Fenn 1870

  • On approaching nearer, Bella discerned that the refection had the appearance of a small cottage-loaf and a pennyworth of milk.

    Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

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