lay in provisions

Example Sentences

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Joe's brethren came down to Egypt to lay in provisions.

From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Gordon, Irwin Leslie

Never did they lay in provisions, except perhaps a bunch of garlic or onions, which could not spoil and cost but little.

From The Village Rector by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

But now, though accustomed to buying far closer, Whenever in markets or stores I appear To lay in provisions, the butcher or grocer Will glance at my dollar and quietly sneer.

From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix

Off I goes at once an’ buys a cart an’ a mule, an’ then I sets to work to lay in provisions.

From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

These shops are therefore resorted to for family supplies day by day; and the poor lay in provisions there in portions graduated to a soldo of their ready means.

From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean