Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old spelling of
sustenance .
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Examples
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We started off with sustinance aka lunch at the Bellwoods Bar and Grill.
Archive 2006-09-01 Teena in Toronto 2006
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They will provide sustinance for deer after the season when they need good balanced nutrition the most.
What are everyones views about fenced hunting and baiting 2009
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They will provide sustinance for deer after the season when they need good balanced nutrition the most.
What are everyones views about fenced hunting and baiting 2009
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Turns out I was right about the whole fat/sugar magic idea - the cookies disappeared like wildfire (I didn't even get to save one for my dad!) and I even got lunch out of the deal from a grateful employee of my mom's, who ate 5 of them as his only sustinance the day they went into the office because he forgot his lunch and didn't want to order in.
Archive 2009-02-01 Sarah 2009
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Turns out I was right about the whole fat/sugar magic idea - the cookies disappeared like wildfire (I didn't even get to save one for my dad!) and I even got lunch out of the deal from a grateful employee of my mom's, who ate 5 of them as his only sustinance the day they went into the office because he forgot his lunch and didn't want to order in.
Products, Peanuts, and Protein Sarah 2009
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If the primary household wage earner (s) have died we will also be providing you with education assistance and basic sustinance and housing to help you begin making yourself into a future wage earner.
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There is the puppy that gets into bizarre situations, such as being in a giant cup, perhaps a racist slight against cultures that consider dog a form of sustinance.
Why Seuss Creeps Me Out Richard Nokes 2006
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They can (and likely will eventually) attack us with nukes as they get more and more desperate for basic sustinance each day.
Think Progress » Preemptive Strike On North Korea Is ‘Ill-Conceived’ and ‘Factually-Flimsy’ 2006
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Funny, when they stop becoming sexual objects and turn into mere facilators of sustinance you get a lot less shy.
Archive 2006-05-01 Kat 2006
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Funny, when they stop becoming sexual objects and turn into mere facilators of sustinance you get a lot less shy.
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