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Definition of the day : « short commons »
- As in K ration : noun small package of emergency goods
- After the years of short commons there came this bountiful feast to her soul.
- Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
- She had urged him so, and he had really been on "short commons" for several days.
- Extract from : « The Corner House Girls at School » by Grace Brooks Hill
- We had a scanty breakfast, as the whole of the village was on short commons.
- Extract from : « The Two Supercargoes » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Poor Lion and I, however, have been somewhat on short commons.
- Extract from : « In New Granada » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Let there be plenty,” said Billy; “we need not be on short commons now, I hope!
- Extract from : « The Three Admirals » by W.H.G. Kingston
- It was somewhat lean, as he had been on short commons in the boat.
- Extract from : « The Three Admirals » by W.H.G. Kingston
- When we had short commons, as we had many a time, there was no one like him in holding out.
- Extract from : « Callias » by Alfred John Church
- And soon there were short commons for men as well as for beasts.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 71, No. 438, April 1852 » by Various
- As the result, the poor husband was put on short commons in the midst of plenty.
- Extract from : « Married » by August Strindberg
- The best punishment for idleness is confinement and short commons.
- Extract from : « The Academy Keeper » by Anonymous