viand

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The favourites with the writer are a brave old soldier p. viand his helpmate, an ancient gentlewoman who sold apples, and a strange kind of wandering man and his wife.

From Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest by Borrow, George Henry

Salmon is as nice when it is a shilling a pound as when it is four times that price, and venison is by no means an expensive viand if the market be watched.

From Household Organization by Caddy, Florence

And so, for four months thereafter, we had to do penance for the joke, on that not very luxurious viand "dry porridge."

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh

Sov'reign solids of nature, Solar seeds of the sphere, Olympian viand Surprising as rare.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson

Served on a platter that is hot, and carved with thin, keen knife, How does this savory viand enhance the worth of life!

From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene