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Meanings of starve first in English

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Usage of starve first in English
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I'll starve first, and see them starve too-though, Lord knows, it's hard.-Oh
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
2
No, never; she would starve and see the child starve first.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
3
I would rather starve first, and yet I would rather not be tempted.
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
4
You sha'n't have my forks: I'll stay here and starve first.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12...
5
We'll freeze to death down here very soon, if we don't starve first.
On a Torn-Away World; Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
6
I'll starve first, he answered, with more spirit than usual.
The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks; Or, The Secret of Ruby Mounta...
7
Nautica sighed resignedly as she agreed that we should starve first and get married afterward.
Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
8
I'd starve first, or throw myself into the sea.
The Spinners
9
She would starve first, kill herself if she could, simply refuse, if it was possible.
Surface detail
10
My innocent but gluttonous children shall starve first.
Mr. Prohack
11
But they won't take charity-saythey'll starve first.
Sunny Boy and His Playmates
12
Take any more than that from them, and the peasants would revolt if they didn't starve first.
The river kings' road
13
But thy old servant here will starve first, for she be very old and not so strong as I.
The Outlaw of Torn
14
I'll see him starve first.
The Lever: A Novel
15
Once or twice Andrey had a good mind to toll the bell, but then he said: No; I'll starve first.
Life's Little Ironies / A set of tales with some colloquial sket...
16
She had never put her feet in such a place, and she declared she never would-shewould rather starve first.
The Lodger
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