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1824 London Mag. Jan. 71/1 An alms-fed fool stood by the churchyard wall.

1834 J. Simpson Necessity Pop. Educ. viii. 241 Without an abatement of the grand nuisance of an alms-supported people, education need not be attempted.

1884 N.E.D. at Alms Alms-clothed.

1927 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 2 199 Work is begun in the usual way at that time in India, that of teaching as alms-fed samaṇas.