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Starving Time

Starving Time proper noun: a period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610 in Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia.

Proper noun

the Starving Time

  1. (US, historical) A period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610 in Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia.

Questions about Starving Time

What does Starving Time mean?
Starving Time means a period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610 in Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia.
What part of speech is Starving Time?
Starving Time is a proper noun.

Words near Starving Time in the dictionary

  1. starvin' Marvin
  2. starving
  3. starving artist
  4. starving artists
  5. starving the beast
  6. Starving Time
  7. starvingly
  8. starvings
  9. starviolet
  10. starviolets
  11. starward

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