lay in provisions
Example Sentences
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I fear my fellows have gone off to lay in provisions.
From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank
Pericard, however, began to lay in provisions judiciously.
From The Children's Pilgrimage by Meade, L. T.
Off I goes at once an’ buys a cart an’ a mule, an’ then I sets to work to lay in provisions.
From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Never did they lay in provisions, except perhaps a bunch of garlic or onions, which could not spoil and cost but little.
From The Village Rector by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
That means I must run into Ryeville and buy some more baskets and lay in provisions of all kinds.
From The Comings of Cousin Ann by Sampson, Emma Speed
