not fit to eat
Example Sentences
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When a host offered his guests food, he first apologized that it was not fit to eat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meat that is not fit for a sacrifice is, to the orthodox, not fit to eat.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is not often killed by the Indians, for he is not fit to eat, but the shepherds slay him at sight because of the number of lambs he kills in the season.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
Without these it is not fit to eat, and was either stale before it was pickled, or has been kept too long after.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William
During summer and fall they are not fit to eat.
From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Nordhoff, Charles
