Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The finest quality of white bread; bread made of the finest flour.
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Examples
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“Swear by wine and wastel-bread, for these are the props of thy life, thou greedy Southron!” said Dame
The Monastery 2008
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And cat what liketh thee of dainty wastel-bread And take what thou mayst get of silver small and bright
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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"Swear by wine and wastel-bread, for these are the props of _thy_ life, thou greedy Southron!" said Dame Glendinning; -- "a base belly-god, to come here to eat the best, and practise on our lives that give it to him!"
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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And from all inquiries and investigations she had collected, that Mysie was a dark-eyed, laughter-loving wench, with cherry-cheeks, and a skin as white as her father's finest bolted flour, out of which was made the Abbot's own wastel-bread.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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Tibb muttered betwixt her teeth — “And it is the broth for my sick bairn, that maun make room for the dainty Southron’s wastel-bread.
The Monastery 2008
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Tibb muttered betwixt her teeth -- "And it is the broth for my sick bairn, that maun make room for the dainty Southron's wastel-bread.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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