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- noun Plural form of
foraging .
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Examples
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They attacked their foragings, ignoring each other as they bolted down their food.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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His clerk's furtive foragings might be tolerated and passed over as annoying but harmless, but they were not to be encouraged.
The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989
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His clerk's furtive foragings might be tolerated and passed over as annoying but harmless, but they were not to be encouraged.
The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989
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When she figured that she had enough of the grass cleared off to at least help to satisfy her mare's hunger, she heaped the rest of her foragings into the center of the area, topping the heap with a carefully measured portion of mixed grains and a little salt.
The Oathbound Lackey, Mercedes 1988
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Part of the saloon-keeper's business was to offer a home and refreshments to beggars in exchange for the proceeds of their foragings; and was there any one else in the whole city who would do this -- would the victim have done it himself?
The Jungle Upton Sinclair 1923
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There is the tangle of footprints to unravel, the history of the pastimes and foragings and tragedies of the past night writ large and unmistakable.
The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919
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They do not waste nor destroy their enemiesÂ’ land with foragings, nor they burn not up their corn.
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Part of the saloon-keeper's business was to offer a home and refreshments to beggars in exchange for the proceeds of their foragings; and was there any one else in the whole city who would do this -- would the victim have done it himself?
The Jungle 1906
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In her foragings and depredations she usually puts forward the Mother-Church -- a lay figure -- and hides behind it.
Christian Science Mark Twain 1872
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Nor are requisitions and foragings for this object so objectionable as in the other case, being far less likely to produce general want and distress among the non-combatant inhabitants.
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