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rations - definition and meaning
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noun ration .
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Liberating the rations from the defeated German troops, costumed heroes sit and catch up with the men of the 761st.
Review: Black Terror #5 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
All the young guards were replaced by old men Dads Army Men, two POW's were chosen every other day to go and help the guard fetch the rations from a village about 4 miles away.
John Keay 2010
The soldiers now received their rations from the confiscated provisions, and they received them first.
THE DREAM OF DEBS 2010
Soon the Americans were better fed than the Germans, yet-like British prisoners elsewhere-the U.S. prisoners continued to take their daily rations from the Germans. 8
Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008
No matter – we made do with some of the emergency rations from the freezer (Stouffers lasagna and garlic bread).
2007 December « Becca’s Byline 2007
No matter – we made do with some of the emergency rations from the freezer (Stouffers lasagna and garlic bread).
And So This Is Christmas 2007
Since the food ration of all of the prisoners was constantly low, a cut in rations was not usually used as a punishment.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT 1996
A too rigid equality in rations , Squealer explained, would have been contrary to the principles of Animalism.
Animal Farm 1945
These include special hospital cars to serve as medical centres of trains carrying casualties; commissary kitchen cars for troop trains, where mess orderlies may obtain rations to serve men in coaches; "long-table" diners for troops, providing 25 per cent more seating capacity at the tables; cafe cars, coffee shops on wheels; and new types of coaches for industrial trains, with seating capacity of 122 instead of the usual 72 passengers.
The Railway At War 1942
The soldiers now received their rations from the confiscated provisions, and they received them first.
The Dream of Debs 1914
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