staff of life

Noun

Meaning

staff of life

(idiomatic, often literary or poetic) Bread or some other staple foodstuff.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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baked goods

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Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life. Matthew Henry

Bread is the staff of life. Jonathan Swift

Bread is the staff of life. English Proverb

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