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cries cupboard

cries cupboard is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry cupboard.

Meaning of cry cupboard

Verb

cry cupboard (third-person singular simple present cries cupboard, present participle crying cupboard, simple past and past participle cried cupboard)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic, intransitive, obsolete) Chiefly of one's stomach: to need or want food; to show signs of hunger; to hunger.
    • My belly cries Cup⸗board; […]1681, William Robertson, “Cup⸗board”, in Phraseologia generalis; […]. A Full, Large, and General Phrase Book; […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] John Hayes, printer to the University; [a]nd are to...

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What is cries cupboard the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cries cupboard is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry cupboard.

Words near cries cupboard in the dictionary

  1. cries beef
  2. cries blue murder
  3. cries buckets
  4. cries carrots and turnips
  5. cries craven
  6. cries cupboard
  7. cries down
  8. cries for help
  9. cries foul
  10. cries from the housetop
  11. cries from the housetops

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