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staff of life
noun
bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
Origin:
1630–40
1630–40
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staff of life definition
A basic staple food, such as bread, rice, or potatoes: “Rice is the staff of life in eastern Asia.”
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Staff-life
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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