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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
Translations breadline [ˈbrɛdlaɪn] n to be on the breadline → être sans le sou, être dans l'indigence bread roll n → petit pain m bread sauce n → sauce f à la mie de pain bread shop n (= baker's) → boulangerie f breadline [ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn] n to be on the breadline → sbarcare a malapena il lunario breadline [ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn] n to be on the breadline → sbarcare a malapena il lunario How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Whatever the catastrophe-the injustice, the evil, the breadlines, concentration camps, the unenlightening encyclical-Commonweal was there to face it, to mark the truth and consequences. He writes of breadlines, happy summers spent at Bennington, and the "hunger" of dance lovers who drove hundreds of miles to see the Humphrey-Weidman company during its groundbreaking tours of the late 1930s. In the 1930s, the working class was publicly amassing--whether on breadlines, in marches, or strikes--to an unprecedented degree. |
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