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fodder

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1. fodder - Noun

2. fodder - Verb

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A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.

That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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You need at this time especially to know that you are fit for something better than slavery and cannon fodder. Eugene V. Debs

If we care about the children, the grandchildren, the future generations, we need to make sure that they do not become the cannon fodder of the future. Helen Thomas

You won't be some valued member of a movement. You are cannon fodder for them. They will use you. If you are a boy, they will brainwash you, strap bombs to your body and blow you up. If you are a girl, they will enslave and abuse you. That is the sick and brutal reality of ISIL. David Cameron

A good horse is worth his fodder. Dutch Proverb

The best fodder is the mater's eye. Dutch Proverb

The cowherd who has fodder has bread, and if he doesn't have fodder then he ends up without oxen and without bread. Sicilian Proverb

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