- breadline
- noun Date: 1900 a line of people waiting to receive free food
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Breadline — «Breadline» Сингл Megadeth из альбома … Википедия
breadline — bread‧line [ˈbredlaɪn] noun 1. be on/near the breadline to be extremely poor: • They are not well off, but they are not on the breadline. 2. be below the breadline to be below the level which is officially considered to be extremely poor: • an… … Financial and business terms
breadline — ► NOUN 1) (usu. in phrase on the breadline) Brit. the poorest condition in which it is acceptable to live. 2) N. Amer. a queue of people waiting to receive free food … English terms dictionary
breadline — read line n. a queue of people waiting for free food. Syn: bread line. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
breadline — [[t]bre̱dlaɪn[/t]] N SING: usu on the N Someone who is on or close to the breadline is very poor indeed. We lived on the breadline to get our son through college... They re not exactly on the breadline … English dictionary
breadline — bread|line [ˈbredlaın] n the breadline a very low level of income which allows people to eat but not have any extra things ▪ a family living on the breadline … Dictionary of contemporary English
breadline — noun 1 be/live on the breadline to be extremely poor 2 be near/below the breadline to be quite poor or extremely poor, according to official standards … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
breadline — UK [ˈbredˌlaɪn] / US noun on the breadline Etymology: In the past, a breadline was a line of people waiting to get free food … English dictionary
breadline — /ˈbrɛdlaɪn / (say bredluyn) noun 1. US Obsolete a line of needy persons assembled to receive food given as charity. –phrase 2. on the breadline, a. living at subsistence level: *My father remained poor – a working man, a hawker, a bottle oh,… …
breadline — bread|line [ bred,laın ] noun on the breadline BRITISH very poor … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
breadline — [ˈbredˌlaɪn] noun on the breadline British very poor[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
