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bread line

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bread·line also bread line  (brdln)
n.
A line of people waiting to receive food given by a charitable organization or public agency.
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Noun1.bread line - a queue of people waiting for free foodbread line - a queue of people waiting for free food
queue, waiting line - a line of people or vehicles waiting for something


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You could equate this to standing in an old Soviet bread line and hoping that there will be some bread left when you get to the front of the line.
Gormley's Bread Line, consists of a straight line of small, partially-eaten fragments of bread.
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