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  • noun Plural form of pantry.

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Examples

  • The Peanut Corp of America may be history, but because peanut butter has such a long shelf life, and because they're still adding products to the recall list, there may be food items lurking in pantries across the U.S. that are loaded with disease-causing peanuty badness.

    Tainted Peanut Butter Problems Will Go On For Some While, Says FDA - The Consumerist 2009

  • The Peanut Corp of America may be history, but because peanut butter has such a long shelf life, and because they're still adding products to the recall list, there may be food items lurking in pantries across the U.S. that are loaded with disease-causing peanuty badness.

    The Consumerist: February 2009 Archives 2009

  • The Polish have a love affair with fermented cucumbers and most families bottle their own, it's common to see row upon row of jars stuffed with cucumbers in Polish pantries and they believe no meal is complete without them.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • The Polish have a love affair with fermented cucumbers and most families bottle their own, it's common to see row upon row of jars stuffed with cucumbers in Polish pantries and they believe no meal is complete without them.

    At My Table 2008

  • It serves more than 400 member-agency programs which feed the those in need, such as pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, child-care centers, and elder programs.

    Reader - MassLive.com 2009

  • It serves more than 400 member-agency programs which feed the those in need, such as pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, child-care centers, and elder programs.

    Reader - MassLive.com 2009

  • Employers put their pantries, smokehouses, barns, and homes under lock and key, but to little avail.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Lena opened the cabinets and the pantries, searching for their kibble.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • It took an army to maintain their beauty inside and out: their salons and Aga stoves, their Tut tombs of silver and glass and gold, their miles of hand-waxed floors; their cellars of Pinot and blancs and bruts; their media dens and squash courts and gift-wrapping nooks; their double pantries and HEPA vacuums and eight-car garages; their swarms of children.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • The library also becomes a hub for those looking for services – help with resumes and finding a job, help filing for unemployment, locating local food pantries, etc.

    Matthew Yglesias » When the Federal Government Tightens Its Belt, Who Feels The Squeeze? 2010

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