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Meanings of ate the crumbs in English

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Usage of ate the crumbs in English
1
The chief guard picked up the paltry remains and slowly ate the crumbs.
The Tarn of Eternity
2
The sparrows now came and ate the crumbs which he threw to them.
The Teeth of the Tiger
3
Suppose it was useless; suppose the mare, and not the colt, ate the crumbs?
The Lilac Fairy Book
4
Chedd picked off and ate the crumbs from his hand.
Watcher of the Dead
5
Doubtless they had enough food, for they ate the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table-who ,bythe way, wasn't so very rich.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 / Little J...
6
"And I ate the crumbs," said Billina, soberly.
The Emerald City of Oz
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