GATHER UP ONE'S CRUMBSalso:
GATHER UP THE CRUMBS, PICK UP ONE'S CRUMBS VERB to 'pick up' or recover one's strength or health; to improve in condition ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial. FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1588 - See Example below EXAMPLE "...which by little and little our men beganne to gather vp their crums and to recouer some better strength..." From: Anthony Ingram in: The Principal Nauigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation By: Richard Hakluyt, 1588 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • A Dictionary of English Phrases, Albert M. Hyamson, 1922
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