farinaceous
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Baked spaghetti and macaroni dishes are almost impossible to make, because farinaceous foods are either unobtainable or rationed to near zero.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Pumblechook’s premises in the High Street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a cornchandler and seedsman should be.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
The colonel’s ponderous, farinaceous cheeks were tinted suddenly with glowing patches of enthusiasm.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Pugs cannot stand heating foods any more than Yorkshires, which agree with them in doing better upon boiled rice as an addition to meat to make needful bulk, than upon any other farinaceous food.
From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Mrs. Leslie Williams
The answer to this question will be "Something farinaceous," and, indeed, no better answer could be given.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Aaron David Bernstein
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