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Meanings of only subsistence in English

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Usage of only subsistence in English
1
Labor income, under the pressure of competition in the labor market, yielded only subsistence.
Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History
2
Parched corn, and but a scanty supply of that, was now almost their only subsistence.
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
3
The only subsistence they had were their mules, and the water was insufficient to meet their wants.
The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and...
4
Other provisions being entirely exhausted, beef constitutes the only subsistence for the men, and most of the officers.
What I Saw in California / A Description of Its Soil, Climate, P...
5
And after that, what will become of our families, whose only subsistence is from the offerings which are made to the pagods?
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volume...
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