famishment
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And there shall be earthquakes, in all quarters, and famishment, and troubles.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
Go on, Sir William Blunt: Pass briefly to the lady's famishment.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
And she must love so, else she would die of famishment.
From The Indian Lily and Other Stories by Ludwig Lewisohn
We’ve got a fair chance o’ goin’ un’er yet, eyther from thirst or the famishment o’ empty stomaks.
From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid
Whether famishment gleamed in my eye, I knew not.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
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