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Meanings of short allowance in English

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Usage of short allowance in English
1
We at once went on short allowance, which grew shorter and shorter.
Marmaduke Merry: A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days
2
Confinement below, with a short allowance, was our punishment for this gratification.
American Prisoners of the Revolution
3
The emigrants were no longer on short allowance, they were actually starving!
History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
4
People are often on a short allowance of air in the calm latitudes.
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea
5
Our passage was tedious, and we were put on short allowance of water.
Frank Mildmay; Or, The Naval Officer
6
They were put on a short allowance of water, except for washing purposes.
How Jerusalem Was Won / Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign i...
7
The loss of provisions in the wrecked vessel had put them on short allowance.
French Pathfinders in North America
8
We went on a short allowance; and suffered a good deal by the privation.
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
9
They had already been reduced from eight to the short allowance of five pounds.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
10
The children of the poor, placed on short allowance, were suffering fearfully from hunger.
The Land-War in Ireland: A History for the Times
11
No short allowance for Viv, if I can help it.
Mrs. Warren's Profession
12
We're on rather a short allowance of space, aren't we?
A harum-scarum schoolgirl
13
The provisions were of the very worst kind, and very short allowance even of them.
American Prisoners of the Revolution
14
If you wish to live, you fellows must consent to be put on short allowance.
Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs: A Tale of Land and Sea
15
The short allowance was worth a whole pharmacopœia.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 / Volume 17, New Series, M...
16
I have had the same thing happen on other occasions, when on short allowance of food.
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
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