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"ref": "1839, John Francis Bray, Labour's wrongs and labour's remedy, page 55",
"text": "His loaf continually increases instead of diminishing: with him, it is cut and come again, for ever.",
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"A situation where one possesses plenty of wealth or resources."
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"An approach to growing lettuces, etc. where one harvests only the outer leaves, leaving the inner part of the plant to grow replacements that can be harvested later."
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"A type of English fruitcake."
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"(food) A type of English fruitcake."
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