- a variation of bread line.
breadline
Britishnoun
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a queue of people waiting for free food given out by a government agency or a charity organization
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impoverished; living at subsistence level
Vocabulary lists containing breadline
Example Sentences
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But teams of five workers have been allowed to work at the Banbury Breadline Project, while still being paid by JDE, to help support vulnerable members of the community.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
In March I spent 10 days in Greece looking for stories of real people behind the headlines, for a series called Greece on the Breadline.
From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2012
She didn't last long at her next job, either, as a cook at Mark Furstenberg's Breadline in downtown D.C.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2011
Breadline You could almost hit the White House with a rock from this bright, tiny restaurant.
From Southern Living • Feb. 17, 2010
Hearst's Breadline Broadway and Seventh Avenue come together to form an acute triangle five blocks long with Times Square at its apex, Longacre Square at its base.
From Time Magazine Archive
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