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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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CUPBOARD, n. [cup and board.] Originally, a board or shelf for cups to stand on. In modern houses, a small case or inclosure in a room with shelves destined to receive cups, plates, dishes and the like.
CUPBOARD, v.t. To collect into a cupboard; to hoard. [Not used.]
A board or shelf for cups and dishes.
[Obs.]
Bacon. A small closet in a room, with shelves
to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small
closet.
Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. "A cupboard love is seldom true." Poor Robin. [Colloq.] -- To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] "My stomach cries cupboard." W. Irving. To collect,
as into a cupboard; to hoard.
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