outdoor relief
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 poor law of 1838 had made no provision for the relief of the poor outside the workhouse, and outdoor relief was sanctioned by an act of 1847.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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