viand

Example Sentences

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Pork is another viand admitted at times to enlarge the table-store.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

To say nothing of the baked horseflesh—by many gourmets esteemed a delectable dish—the corn of the mezcal, treated thus, is a viand palatable as peculiar.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

Served on a platter that is hot, and carved with thin, keen knife, How does this savory viand enhance the worth of life!

From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene

And so, for four months thereafter, we had to do penance for the joke, on that not very luxurious viand "dry porridge."

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh

When she looked upon the viand before her she gave a little cry of dismay.

From A Dixie School Girl by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)