short commons

Example Sentences

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Meg looked worn and nervous, the babies absorbed every minute of her time, the house was neglected, and Kitty, the cook, who took life ‘aisy’, kept him on short commons.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Already they were getting used to much walking on short commons — shorter at any rate than what in the Shire they would have thought barely enough to keep them on their legs.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

As it was we had to make a forced march well into the next day, bivouac in the snow on short commons, and continue our march before we were half rested.

From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John

A week of frost in early December that had them three days snow-bound and on pinching short commons decided him for less arduous ways of life.

From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

They had fallen gluttonously on the new dish, praising Belgian viands after the short commons of the days preceding.

From A Hero of Li?ge by Strang, Herbert