lay in provisions

Example Sentences

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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)

Pericard, however, began to lay in provisions judiciously.

From The Children's Pilgrimage by Meade, L. T.

But now, though accustomed to buying far closer, Whenever in markets or stores I appear To lay in provisions, the butcher or grocer Will glance at my dollar and quietly sneer.

From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix

I would lay in provisions to serve a year in case of siege.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

I fear my fellows have gone off to lay in provisions.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank