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Starve, against tucking into food from a long time ago (8)

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medieval

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'from a long time ago' is the definition.
(from the Middle Ages)

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(Other definitions for medieval that I've seen before include "Belonging to the Middle Ages" , "Of an earlier period" , "Of the middle ages, or really old-fashioned" , "Relating to the Middle Ages" , "Am veiled in style of the middle ages" .)

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