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vittle
noun
(
archaic
) food, Food.
1719:
Daniel Defoe,
Robinson Crusoe
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=193683702&tag=Defoe,+Daniel:+Robinson+Crusoe,+1719&query=+vittle&id=DefCru1
:Friday told me such a boat would do very well, and would carry "much enough , drink, bread;" this was his way of talking.
1724-5:
Jonathan Swift,
Stella's Birthday
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0Q1aTcKx816tKEXQV-&id=lr8pL4h149IC&pg=RA132-PA438&lpg=RA132-PA438&dq=vittle&as_brr=1
:I must confess your wine and
:I was too hard upon a little:
verb
(
vittl, ing
)
To provide or obtain edible provisions.
1860:
William Carleton,
Tales & Stories of the Irish Peasantry
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0xMcUMngBk1S0v&id=_CAQRLQevpAC&pg=RA5-PA251&lpg=RA5-PA251&dq=vittled
:...Balgruntie was bent on makin' the attempt, especially after he heard that the castle was well
vittled
, an' indeed he was meritoriously joined by his men, who piously licked their lips on hearin' of such glad tidin's.
Etymology:
From victuals.
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