SUSTENANCE
NOUNS
1584 ► SUCK sustenance → obs.
1724 ► THROUGH-BEARING means of sustenance; a livelihood; the means of extricating oneself from any difficulty or of accomplishing any difficult work → Sc.
1905 ► THROUGH-PUTTING a bare sustenance → Sc. (Bk.)
1972 ► IDLE BREAD unearned sustenance → Amer. dial.
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