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breadline

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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.

breadline [ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn]
n
1. (Social Welfare) a queue of people waiting for free food given out by a government agency or a charity organization
on the breadline impoverished; living at subsistence level
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.breadlinebreadline - a queue of people waiting for free food
queue, waiting line - a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
Translations
breadline [ˈbredlaɪn] N (US) → cola f del pan
on the breadline (Brit) → en la miseria
breadline [ˈbrɛdlaɪn] n
to be on the breadline → être sans le sou, être dans l'indigence
bread roll npetit pain m
bread sauce nsauce f à la mie de pain
bread shop n (= baker's) → boulangerie f
breadline [ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn] n to be on the breadlinesbarcare a malapena il lunario
breadline [ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn] n to be on the breadlinesbarcare a malapena il lunario


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THE BEDRAGGLED MEN IN A SHUFFLING BREADLINE are frozen forever in bronze at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington.
Likewise, the statement that "most Europeans lived on the verge of poverty or even below the breadline (13)" seems curiously present-minded and out of tune with how those same Europeans would have perceived their own position in a society linked not principally to economic markers--like van Leeuwen's non-existent "breadline"--but to dense networks of rights, duties, and privileges that are at best indirectly economic in character.
The Second Term Room is subdivided into two facing chambers, the first punctuated by a set of bronze statues executed by George Segal-"The Fireside Chat," "The Breadline," and "The Appalachian Couple"--depicting the experiences of ordinary folks during the Great Depression.
 
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