Both Uses of
subsistence
in
David Copperfield
- I explained with tolerable firmness, that I really did not know where my means of subsistence were to come from, unless I could earn them for myself.†
Chpt 34-36 *
- 'The subsistence of my family, ma'am,' returned Mr. Micawber, 'trembles in the balance.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(subsistence) what is minimally needed to survive; or the condition of minimally surviving