"cry cupboard" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cries cupboard [present, singular, third-person], crying cupboard [participle, present], cried cupboard [participle, past], cried cupboard [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry cupboard (third-person singular simple present cries cupboard, present participle crying cupboard, simple past and past participle cried cupboard)
  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To want or need food; to show signs of hunger. Tags: archaic, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cry_cupboard-en-verb--u8vunV~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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