lay in provisions

Example Sentences

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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)

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

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

Pericard, however, began to lay in provisions judiciously.

From The Children's Pilgrimage by Meade, L. T.

I fear my fellows have gone off to lay in provisions.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank