bread line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bread line
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Like a color remake of Depression-era imagery: the factory entrance, the bread line.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022
It’s another scuffle at a bread line and it appears that a bakery in Beirut has been illegally hoarding subsidized wheat imports.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2022
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
A giant mural featuring a bedraggled Jesus standing in the bread line among the hungry.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2021
Secured coffee and rolls on the "bread line."
From The Social Work of the Salvation Army by Lamb, Edwin Gifford
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