diet n
   [1849] 1983 [ROUSE] (ed Street) 181 Having talked over the matter I agreed to give [him] 10 Currency for the Summer; he being to fish for us, and to remain up to the next Caplin Skull for his diet alone. 1903 Deep Sea Fishers Oct, p. 12 [Families] not only had already a 'summer diet' assured, but had also [ready money for next winter].

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