gruel


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a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)

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Hannah says you have had nothing but some gruel since breakfast."
Thus secured against surprise, he took off his cravat; put on his dressing-gown and slippers, and his nightcap; and sat down before the fire to take his gruel.
When I got home I undressed and rubbed myself down with whisky, put my feet in hot water and a mustard-plaster on my chest, had a basin of gruel and a glass of hot brandy-and-water, tallowed my nose, and went to bed.
That is the kind of gruel which has been served out from Palestine for ages.
He did not come out for dinner, but had some soup and gruel which Lukerya brought him.
Fort William pubrestaurant the Grog & Gruel is up for sale at an asking price of PS825,000 after 25 years under the same ownership.
Summary: New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Sitting alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the end of gruel and long campaigning, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday exuded confidence that BJP-led NDA would get more than 300 seats and come back to power with its allies.
They serve us a thin gruel of truths, half-truths, and untruths.
Until this New World food arrived, Jewsand most everyone else in Europeate gruel or porridge made from chickpeas, beans, barley, rice, or wheat for breakfast, and sometimes dinner.
Inmates were fed one pint of gruel for breakfast, one pound of bread for dinner, and one pint of gruel for supper.
An investigation found places serving meals that were no better than "slop" or "gruel" -- despite charging fees of [pounds sterling]30,000 a year.
An investigation found places serving meals that were no better than "slop" or "gruel" - despite charging fees of PS30,000 a year.
From Scrooge buying a large turkey for the Cratchit family to Oliver Twist holding out his bowl and asking for more gruel.
Batavia also sent four male participants to Concordia: qualifiers were eighth-grader Cam Gruel, seventh-grader Jack McCormick, and sixth-graders Colin Bittner and Sean Heetland.