cry cupboard

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === cry cupboard (third-person singular simple present cries cupboard, present participle crying cupboard, simple past and past participle cried cupboard) (archaic, idiomatic) To want or need food; to show signs of hunger. === References === “cupboard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.