food stamp
Origin of food stamp
First recorded in 1935–40
Also called food coupon.
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Contemporary Examples of food stamp
It was the first time in history a farm bill failed, and it later passed without the food-stamp component.
For all the ugly talk of President Obama as “the food-stamp president,” that title should properly be shared with George W. Bush.
For stores like Walmart, which sells groceries and other goods to the same customers, the food-stamp cut will be a double-whammy.
Bill Simon, president and chief executive of Walmart U.S., last month (PDF) downplayed the potential threat of food-stamp cuts.
The other argument one sometimes hears concerns the dreadful curse of food-stamp fraud.