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nilrac52 | 16:51 Mon 12th Jan 2015 | Crosswords

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Crossword clue- Allowance of food in Parliament? [7].
C-M-O-S
Looks like answer is commons but why? I have tried to find a link between "commons" and "allowance of food" but unable to do so. Many thanks.

Daily Mail Prize Crossword 14923 Monday January 12Th 2015

Daily Mail 14926

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BlackadderV

Commons is an old word for food rations.

Tilly2

I think commons is a mediaeval word for food. I have come across that before.

MargoTester

I think commons is an old fashioned word for an amount to food.

scorpiojo

Commons: food at acommon table, food in general, rations (Chambers)

nilrac52

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Thank you all for taking the time to reply. Didn't come across that before and didn't know it meant rations. Thank you for confirming my answer. I certainly will remember this one the next time.

Tilly2

Can I move my mediaeval to Victorian, please. Maybe I read it in a Dickens novel.

ladyalex

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/commons

definition 4

Tilly2

Ah, Middle English. Thank you, Lady Alex. Must have seen it in Chaucer.

ladyalex

:-))

Tilly2

That would have really bugged me, trying to place it. Thanks again.

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