Word: cupboarded
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...rolled on like a great water wheel, gushing out money. It rolled into retail stores, movies, bank accounts. And much of it rolled out again to gas up the gaudiest Christmas spending spree in years. Yet, as store shelves were swept clean, there was little, as yet, in the cupboard to fill them up again...
...seems as though I'll never get rich. I can't do anything about that. . . . He [Hitler] was just here but no dog and no cupboard. He didn't even ask me if I had a birthday wish. So now I bought myself some jewelry. . . . Hope he likes...
...exchange. So far, the U.S. Army's economic and science section, which will handle reparations, has turned up only 46,000 bales of silk, 2,500 tons of tea and 25,000,000 yen worth of medicine. There may be some other equally small change. But the Jap cupboard is bare...
...Bare Cupboard. To the associates went a cosy if disillusioned letter from Bill Jack...
...Cupboard Was Bare. The U.S. had some excuse. Its own food outlook was anything but bright (see BUSINESS). There was plenty of will to help Europe but almost no will to make any real sacrifice, and nothing short of real sacrifice could begin to meet UNRRA's and Europe's needs...