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Etymologies
- From victuals. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“With sech a pack o 'chill'n ter vittle ez we-uns hev got at our house," he muttered.”
“Maunder, 'here John assumed his full historical key,' him wi 'the pot to his vittle-place; and Sir Richard Blewitt shaking over the zaddle, and”
“- "But you should go to your mountain, or you will get no vittle.”
“If a were up to t 'use o' words, a could say a mighty deal; but somehow a'm tongue-teed when a come to want my words most, so a'll only just mak 'bold t' say as a think yo've done pretty well for yo'rsel ', getten a house-full o' furniture '(looking around him as he said this),' an 'vittle an' clothin 'for t' axing, belike, an 'a home for t' missus in her time”
“They've been after t 'winders, and after t' vittle, and after t 'very saut to 't; it's dearer by hauf an' more nor it were when a were a boy: they're a meddlesome set o 'folks, law-makers is, an' a'll niver believe King George has ought t 'do wi' 't.”
“He pays me aforehand; an 'he pays me down for whativer a've getten for him; but that's but little; he's noane up t' his vittle, though a've made him some broth as good as a could make 'em.”
“Yo' niver seed more vittle brought together i 'Newcassel, I'll be bound; there'll be above half a hundredweight o' butcher's meat, beside pies and custards.”
“A thought it were Scriptur 'as he said, but a'd needed a' my strength just then for t 'lift t' pot off t 'fire -- it were t' first vittle a'd tasted sin 'morn, for t' famine comes down like stones on t 'head o' us poor folk: an 'a' a said were just "Coom along, chap, an 'fa' to; an 'God's blessing be on him as eats most.”
“Let alone, let alone,' said he; 'pigs' vittle takes noan such dainty carryin 'as milk.”
“Friday told me such a boat would do very well, and would carry "much enough vittle, drink, bread;" this was his way of talking.”
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temerity, tacit, froward, faineant, caterwaul, menagerie, ennui, sine qua non, lissom, multifarious, laconic, katzenjammer and 240 more...
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Food and Drink
And all things pertaining.
vittle, tine, piss, mingo, abstemious, tisane, cornucopia, tipple, wassail, decoct, corpulent, stout and 19 more...
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reesetee Nah. No victuals for me. I prefer vittles. Oct 27, 2009
bilby Awww, it's a love-in :-) Oct 26, 2009
chained_bear That would definitely end the long-running feud between the two words, wouldn't it. Oct 26, 2009
Telofy Yep, and I think, for fairness’ sake, vittle should be pronounced /ˈvɪktʃuəl/. Oct 25, 2009
chained_bear But victual is pronounced vittle, isn't it? Signed, Too Lazy to Look. Oct 25, 2009
bilby Well that's okay then :-) Oct 25, 2009
reesetee But I like calling them vittles.... Oct 25, 2009
bilby See victual. Websters marks vittle as dialectical and obsolete. Oct 24, 2009