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View synonyms for breadline
breadline
/ ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn /
noun
- a queue of people waiting for free food given out by a government agency or a charity organization
- on the breadlineon the breadline impoverished; living at subsistence level
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It seemed brutal to be wading into the bill of fare with poor old Bicky headed for the breadline.
From Project Gutenberg
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