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ate the bread of idleness

ate the bread of idleness is the simple past of eat the bread of idleness.

Meaning of eat the bread of idleness

Verb

eat the bread of idleness (third-person singular simple present eats the bread of idleness, present participle eating the bread of idleness, simple past ate the bread of idleness, past participle eaten the bread of idleness)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) To eat or consume food that one has not worked for or personally earned.

Questions about ate the bread of idleness

What is ate the bread of idleness the simple past of?
Ate the bread of idleness is the simple past of eat the bread of idleness.

Words near ate the bread of idleness in the dictionary

  1. ate someone's heart
  2. ate someone's lunch
  3. ate something up
  4. ate something up with a spoon
  5. ate the baby
  6. ate the bread of idleness
  7. ate the leek
  8. ate the mic
  9. ate the onion
  10. ate the seed corn
  11. ate twat

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