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Definition
what is minimally needed to survive; or the condition of minimally surviving
- What are his present means of subsistence?Chapter 6 (97% in)
- This attack was unexpected, for Mrs. Penniman was not used, in any discussion, to seeing the war carried into her own country—possibly because the enemy generally had doubts of finding subsistence there.Chapter 25 (85% in)
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