Word: victuals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Aboard the Emden his captives lived like kings. The larder was always full. Pet kittens, two pigs, some lambs, a pigeon, geese had the run of the ship. There was a band concert every afternoon. Finally the ship had so much victual booty that an extra meal was served: afternoon coffee with bonbons...
...like a dreary dawn" beckon him over the river to while away the evening hours. In the course of his peregrinations intellectual needs often give way to the more physical delights of food and nourishment. The old fellow has happened upon many an interesting and delectable dish in various victual houses far from the madding crowd...