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7 total sentences available.
And one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack's mouth, and said to his brethren: My money is given me again; behold it is in the sack. And they were astonished, and troubled, and said to one another: What is this that God hath done unto us?
Source: tatoeba (7887961)
And having brought them into the house, he fetched water, and they washed their feet, and he gave provender to their asses.
Source: tatoeba (7894791)
The farm which supplied to him ungrudging provender had all his vast capacity for work in willing exercise …
Source: wiktionary
He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender, wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.
Closest matches include feed, provisions, victuals, aliment, barley.
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