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wittles
noun · DialectIt feels like a generous, unpretentious meal shared in a quiet country kitchen.
A regional or colloquial phonetic variant of victuals, meaning food of any kind.
In the wild
“Pull up a chair and share my wittles, for there is more than enough for two.”
Origin
A dialectal alteration of the standard victuals, documented extensively in regional surveys.
Sources·Wright's English Dialect Dictionary/Oxford English Dictionary
Etymologist commentary·Hana Videen, Old English Wordhord
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