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Meanings of ate off in English

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Usage of ate off in English
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We ate off the same white-and-green Corelle plates we'd always used.
Pandemonium
2
She and her father ate off the plates meant for the priests who visited.
The new yorker
3
I liked it when they ate off both my hands.
The Shelters of Stone
4
The undergraduates ate off wooden trenchers and drank from pewter tankards or slipware mugs.
Caleb's crossing
5
Rocky ate off a torn paper bag on the floor.
Dark rivers of the heart
6
Grayswandir ate off big chunks of them, until they fell apart and were silent.
The Great Book of Amber
7
Now he ate off enamel or faience pottery, and his entourage was expected to follow suit.
Millionaire: the philanderer, gambler, and duelist who invented ...
8
To be literal, I ate off your plate.
An Amiable Charlatan
9
They ate off my hands, both of them.
The Shelters of Stone
10
So he ate off the in-di-go plants.
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
11
They ate off the bark plates.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
12
Mostly he and his father ate off paper plates or over the sink, so they wouldn't have to wash anything.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
13
On a hot afternoon we sat under the roadside awning and ate off plastic plates covered in clear plastic bags.
The Irish Times
14
Shouldn't wonder if she drove six white horses, ate off gold plate, and wore diamonds and point lace every day.
Little Women
15
Flies were a terrible pest; they got into everything, and ate off the artist's colours almost as fast as they were laid on.
The Life of Captain James Cook, the Circumnavigator
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We ate off the big glass coffee table in the middle of the living room, with a plastic bottle of Highland Spring at its centre.
Moon Over Soho
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