vittles

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One week Jonadab would be so bloated with horse pride that he couldn't find room for his vittles, and the next he'd be out in the stable growlin' 'cause it cost so much for hay to stuff an old hide rack that wa'n't fit to put in a museum.

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  • From San Diego to Baton Rouge, the vittles are scrumptious, says Thomas Awiapo, who works for Catholic Relief Services in —  Catholic Exchange
  • Drusilla said it looked more like a barn than a house, but Buster John said it didn't make any difference what it looked like so long as they could rest there and get something to eat, for they had had no dinner I hope dey got sho' 'nuff vittles--pot-licker an' dumplin's, an' sump'in you kin fill up wid," said Drusilla heartily Mr. Thimblefinger, who had been running a little way ahead, suddenly paused and waited for the children to come up Come to think of it," he remarked, "you may have heard of some of my family. —  Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country
  • So he put 'em on I had good vittles, and a sight of 'em. —  Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I
  • 'There's been a naccydent,' says the Missus: 'but thank the Lord the vittles is cold!' —  News from the Duchy
  • "Not always vittles, and cert'ny not a loving heart Mrs. Nitschkan snapped her book impatiently. —  The Black Pearl
 

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