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Definition of Helpings
1. helping [n] - See also: helping
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helpings
Literary usage of Helpings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Morning and Evening Exercises: Selected from the Published and Unpublished by Henry Ward Beecher, Lyman Abbott (1874)
"... around us ! watch us still ; With gentle helpings glide. A dried and vanished
stream ; Your joy be the reality, Let death between us be as naught, ..."
2. Pragueby Philippe Bénet, Renata Holzbachová by Philippe Bénet, Renata Holzbachová (2000)
"... want to spend too much, get away from the city centre and dine in one of the
smaller restaurants, often serving good food in copious helpings. ..."
3. The Cook and Housewife's Manual: A Practical System of Modern Demestic by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1847)
"If more helpings are wanted, take off the legs and wings, as directed in carving
... Small game, where many helpings are required, may be carved by turning ..."
4. What to Eat and why by George Carroll Smith (1915)
"NB — Give large helpings of meat, fish, and vegetables, and give 1 oz. of olive
oil three times a day. NB — Consult List 1 for meats, vegetables, etc., ..."
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