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hunger march

British  

noun

  1. a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In response to a pro-democracy hunger march, he scoffed, “The authorities will always eat their fill.”

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

He thinks about his late friend, John Bulla, who was a successful businessman in Texas, and how they endured the hunger march across northern Europe.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2020

On March 7, 1932, in Dearborn, Michigan, 4,000 unemployed workers led a hunger march.

From Salon • May 19, 2013

Those around Washington who remember the bonus marchers of 1932 recall them as actually on a "hunger march."

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the great "hunger march" of jobless men & women from all over the United Kingdom converged ominously on London.

From Time Magazine Archive

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