larder

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It's similar to the English word larder, where perishable food and drink were stored before we all had refrigerators.

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  1. noun A place, such as a pantry or cellar, where food is stored.
  2. noun A supply of food.

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  • A dozen might have "dropped in" to breakfast, dinner, or supper, without costing Dame Herfrida an anxious thought as to whether the cold joint of yesterday "would do", or something more must be procured, for she knew that the larder was always well stocked. —  Erling the Bold
  • We shall want them, as the larder is rather low just now Massan muttered assent, and, shouting to the other canoe to put ashore, ran alongside the rocks You'd better hail the little canoe," said Stanley, as he landed. —  Ungava
  • Having partly roasted the remainder of the birds, as well as the frogs and lizards, to assist in preserving them we hung them up in a shady place which we called our larder, under a thick branch, where we hoped they would keep sweet till they were required for food. —  The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco
  • No; the larder is not well stocked, but the supply of fuel is unlimited, and we have our gigantic bag of gold in the bank cellar Curse the gold No, I will not do that, my dear boy, because, you see, I can take out a handful, tramp down to the store, and come back laden with corn and wine and delicacies in the shape of bacon and tinned meat Dal, it's of no use; we must give up and go back No, we must not, old chap; and even if I said the same, we couldn't get away this winter time You could. —  To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze
  • They have stripped my little larder, and I don't know what they haven't taken besides. —  The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin lārdārium, from Latin lārdum, bacon.

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  1. from Middle English larder, from Old French lardier, a tub for bacon, larder, a room for meats, from Middle Latin lardarium (also larderium, after Old French), a room for meats, from Latin lardum, laridum, fat of bacon: see lard, n. Cf. Old French lardoir, lardouer, a larder, French lardoire, a larding-pin, from ML, lardatorium, a larding-pin, from lardare, lard, spit: see lard, v.
 

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