Meaning of Eatable | Babel Free

Definitions

Anything edible; food.

in-plural

Equivalents

Examples

“The Excise which is laid very high throughout all Sicily, especially upon all eatables and wearing apparel is usually there […]”

“Ecod, your worship⟳, I never have⟳ courage till I see⟳ the eatables and drinkables brought upo’ the table, and then I’m as bauld as a lion.”

“[…] the ground […] was already being occupied by the “cheap Jacks,” with their green-covered carts and marvellous assortment of wares; and the booths of more legitimate small traders, with their tempting arrays of fairings and eatables; and penny peep-shows and other shows, containing pink-eyed ladies, and dwarfs, and boa-constrictors, and wild Indians.”

“Someplace in the Hegdehaugen area I stopped outside a grocer's where some food was displayed in the window. A cat lay⟳ asleep beside a round loaf of white bread, and just behind it was a bowl of lard and several jars of oats. I stood eyeing these eatables a while, but since I didn't have⟳ anything to buy⟳ with I turned away from them and continued my tramp.”

““You’ll be using the best tea-set, of course, Marilla,” she said. “Can I fix⟳ up the table with ferns and wild roses?” “I think⟳ that’s all nonsense,” sniffed Marilla. “In my opinion it’s the eatables that matter⟳ and not flummery decorations.””

“The presence of a large number⟳ of people ensured that vendors selling eatables made brisk business.”

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