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1  They had too much good food and drink inside them.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
2  Mrs. Shimerda egged them on, chuckling while she gobbled her food.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVII
3  Our lives centred around warmth and food and the return of the men at nightfall.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IX
4  The crazy boy, seeing the food, began to make soft, gurgling noises and stroked his stomach.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
5  His hazel eyes were little and shrewd, like his mother's, but more sly and suspicious; they fairly snapped at the food.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
6  They liked to prepare rich, hearty food and to see people eat it; to make up soft white beds and to see youngsters asleep in them.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VI
7  Fuchs put in a cheerful word and said prairie dogs were clean beasts and ought to be good for food, but their family connections were against them.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
8  The children were seated according to a system; a little one next an older one, who was to watch over his behaviour and to see that he got his food.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
9  When the neighbours were there building the new house, they saw her do this, and the story got abroad that the Shimerdas kept their food in their featherbeds.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVII
10  He gave thanks for our food and comfort, and prayed for the poor and destitute in great cities, where the struggle for life was harder than it was here with us.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XII