"from hunger" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-from hunger.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} from hunger, {{en-PP}} from hunger
  1. (idiomatic) Of poor quality; tolerable only in desperate circumstances. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-from_hunger-en-prep_phrase-S6tXSDxE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see from, hunger.
    Sense id: en-from_hunger-en-prep_phrase-ISBZBSvx

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