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Robert Christy, comp.  Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages.  1887.
 
Famine
 
After a famine in the stall, comes a famine in the hall.  1
All’s good in a famine.  2
I shall easily get over this year’s famine, but in my plenty it will be hard for you to meet me.  Chinese.  3
More die by food than famine.  4
To cry famine on a heap of corn.  French.  5
 
 
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