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Meanings of thin gruel in English

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Usage of thin gruel in English
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The brains do not liquefy either: they simply melt into a thin gruel.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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They have a thin gruel made with vegetables and a rind of cheese.
The Lady of the Rivers
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Lumps of meat swam in a bowl of thin gruel.
The spurned viscountess
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Mild mucilaginous drinks, and warm, may be given liberally; as barley-water, or thin gruel, etc.
The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease
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At first only broth, thin gruel, very greatly diluted milk, or whey should be given.
The Care and Feeding of Children / A Catechism for the Use of Mo...
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This is thin gruel for a big male hunger.
The Disposable Male
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The thin gruel, they said, which was strained away from the rice, would suffice for themselves.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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Stu ate carefully, sticking to the vegetables, watering the concentrates enough to make a thin gruel.
The stand
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I awoke to a thin gruel of sunlight.
The Hyperion Cantos
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There were no more suppers or breakfasts of thin gruel at the little log-house on the hill.
Stephen Grattan's Faith: A Canadian Story
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How your wife and seven daughters are starving in a garret, living off thin gruel and week-old bread.
The dream of perpetual motion
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A thin gruel is made of it) for food, and the father made prayer emblems and pahos.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
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All relief was inseparable from the workhouse, and the thin gruel issued three times a day to its inmates.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction
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They brought us a thin gruel that appeared to have been made from mushrooms and stuff best not inquired about.
Enclave
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The third Annabelle film -a spin-offfranchise from the ever-growingand larger Conjuverse franchise -is a thin gruel.
The Irish Times
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That's pretty thin gruel.
Secret Sanction
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