outdoor relief
Britishnoun
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Shandas and his family ended up spending hours bobbing in a local river — the only outdoor relief they could find.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2021
Shandas and his family ended up spending hours bobbing in a local river – the only outdoor relief they could find.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
That Empire in its heyday has been described as a "system of outdoor relief for the upper classes."
From Time Magazine Archive
Under a system called "outdoor relief," they were auctioned into the service of those who would support them at the lowest cost to the community.
From Time Magazine Archive
The system of outdoor relief and the machinery of the Guardians are not adapted for work of this kind.
From Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 by Various
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