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  • noun Plural form of breadstuff.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Naval Defence for Canada 1909

  • 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.

    Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn; with Sketches of the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Randolph, and Several Other Eminent American Statesmen Jabez Delano 1847

  • 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

  • “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

  • “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

  • Torbert, as he returned, was to drive off whatever cattle he could find, destroy all forage and breadstuffs, and burn the mills.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • 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.

    Destiny Narrowly Avoided 2010

  • 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.

    GRAND ILLUSION - THE FEDERAL RESERVE 2009

  • At first the Duchess had her servants sneak her a pot of tea and a few breadstuffs into her dressing room.

    What's For Pud? The Victoria Sandwich 2006

  • At first the Duchess had her servants sneak her a pot of tea and a few breadstuffs into her dressing room.

    Archive 2006-04-01 2006

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