self-support
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of self-support
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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The result is that he is very careful about choosing a second mate, for a second divorce would leave him without means of self support.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is undoubtedly the best scheme to enable him to attain self support.
From The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy by Flickinger, Robert Elliott
He did not love Bakkus to such a pitch of brotherly affection as would warrant his relieving him of responsibility for self support.
From The Mountebank by Locke, William John
She did not minimize the hard struggle that Annie Gray had had in her attempts at self support, even when she saw the old man wince.
From Purple Springs by McClung, Nellie L.
Women and young girls who face the necessity of self support, or who wish to lead a life of independence, no longer choose housework as a means of earning a livelihood.
From Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework Business principles applied to housework by Barker, C. Hélène
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