The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. "Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption."
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"Consumption" Quotes from Famous Books — The Mines and its Wonders • W.H.G. Kingston — East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood — The Three Clerks • Anthony Trollope — Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. • George Francis Atkinson — Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, November 19, 1892 • Various |
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