provender
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Whenever I asked Baehrel questions about his past, his family, his influences, or even the rudiments of his business, he changed the subject to whatever flora or provender was at hand.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 22, 2016
It clicked, immediately: this is now my Madrid version of that simple but marvelous restaurant I love everywhere, where the walls ain’t fancy, the provender ain’t cheap, but same provender is worth every penny.
From Forbes • Oct. 14, 2014
They grow fat off this rich provender, swelling in turn into their own grotesque balloons before squeezing a slimy mass of eggs from their enormous backsides.
From Scientific American • Feb. 9, 2013
A provender mill, a mechanical gas powered mill, was used when the nearby buildings prevented winds from turning the sails.
From BBC • May 1, 2011
But she gave me good provender and good red wine, a river bath, and finally this clothing.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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