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- noun Plural form of
breadstuff .
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Examples
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Without naval defence an enemy could bottle up our exports - and in breadstuffs alone $40,000,000 a year would go no farther than our coastal harbours.
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It is true, the condition of the British laborer is very miserable, but that condition is in a great degree produced by the high price of breadstuffs, which is occasioned by the corn laws.
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The material condition of the people of this county is improving; while there has been no decrease in the cotton crop, the county is producing a surplus of breadstuffs which is shipped out, and during the last decade personal debt has been steadily decreasing among the people.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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“How can we justify the making of any part of our breadstuffs into intoxicating liquor,” Bryan asked, “when men are crying out for bread?”
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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“How can we justify the making of any part of our breadstuffs into intoxicating liquor,” Bryan asked, “when men are crying out for bread?”
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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Torbert, as he returned, was to drive off whatever cattle he could find, destroy all forage and breadstuffs, and burn the mills.
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Hugh borrowed a couple of porters from Ertz, porters whom Ertz was using to fetch the pickled bodies of the war casualties to the Main Converter for fuel, and used them to provision the Ship's boat: water, breadstuffs, preserved meats, mass for the Converter.
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Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country.
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At first the Duchess had her servants sneak her a pot of tea and a few breadstuffs into her dressing room.
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At first the Duchess had her servants sneak her a pot of tea and a few breadstuffs into her dressing room.
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