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Water-rat

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Myanmar Meaning

water-vole

Definition

victuals / 'vÇtlz / n [pl] ( dated ) စားစရာေသာက္စရာ။

Examples

  1. ‘Bangkok's so awash in quality victuals
  2. it's tough to stand out from the pack.’
  3. ‘Next I had to fling some victuals into the sucking void of self-digesting agony that was my stomach.’
  4. ‘I remained calm
  5. though
  6. because he would not go far without me
  7. and I had plenty water and victuals to keep me going for some way yet.’
  8. ‘After the round of introductions
  9. it was time for some victuals.’
  10. ‘So I stowed
  11. in waterproof containers
  12. in the back of my canoe
  13. victuals and wine and a picnic blanket and other such finery.’
  14. ‘And the men took of their victuals
  15. and asked not counsel at the mouth of The Lord.’
  16. ‘Ah
  17. all done
  18. you'll be better within the hour
  19. now I must go fetch you two some victuals.’
  20. ‘Shall we go sate my appetite for perishable victuals
  21. my ever-loving husband?’
  22. ‘If a man were sick and obliged to stay within
  23. no victuals for him that day.’
  24. ‘And then I remembered the cider in my ice-chest
  25. and after victuals and a brief respite
  26. the evening started.’
  27. ‘If you equate vegetarian food with starch
  28. stodge
  29. and more starch
  30. you'll be delighted to learn there's a restaurant in Singapore free of associations with vegetarian victuals and 1970s communes.’
  31. ‘When like me you have chosen the tough and rugged regime of living in a lighthouse for two nights
  32. you will know that getting your daily victuals can be a demanding task.’
  33. ‘I declined the victuals although others partook of cheese
  34. crackers and fruit cake.’
  35. ‘Take food: our hunter-gatherer ancestors never knew a time where there were unlimited victuals.’
  36. ‘Feeling a bit hungry from my long cruise
  37. however
  38. I begged off and looked for some victuals.’
  39. ‘They consume their victuals from an upside-down position in the belief it causes indigestion
  40. sends the blood to the head and therefore increases belligerence gainfully.’
  41. ‘They were to get the same bread rations as active soldiers
  42. plus a specified daily pay and an opportunity to buy victuals if a commissary was not providing the same.’
  43. ‘As was the custom at the time
  44. he went to the house of the poet of Niall to ask for victuals for the journey.’
  45. ‘Ma always made good food
  46. if the atmosphere at the table wasn't the best
  47. the victuals were always top notch…’
  48. ‘During that time she only ate mild herbs and light victuals.’