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
I fear my fellows have gone off to lay in provisions.
From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank
That means I must run into Ryeville and buy some more baskets and lay in provisions of all kinds.
From The Comings of Cousin Ann by Sampson, Emma Speed
I would lay in provisions to serve a year in case of siege.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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)
