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   provender

   /ˈprɒv(ɪ)ndə/

   noun

   • 1. animal fodder: "to raise the prices of provender for cattle, importation has been severely curtailed"
   • ▪ food: "there's no one to carry your provender in brown paper bags to the boot of your car"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French provendre, based on an alteration of Latin praebenda ‘things to be supplied’ (see prebend).

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • P

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   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • V

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   • E

     1

   • N

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   • E

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   • R

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