bread line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bread line
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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My pal Tan Vinh tells me the bread line at Q Bakery is a sight to see on weekends.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Her son was already on the bread line but the cost of living crisis has plunged him into poverty, she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2022
In Chernihiv, it was people waiting in a bread line.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
A giant mural featuring a bedraggled Jesus standing in the bread line among the hungry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
As I said, you can find them in every bread line, in every Salvation Army barracks or the Associated Charities will furnish you a list of as many as you want.
From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William
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