breadline
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn/
:
cola de alimentos
- During the Great Depression, many families had to rely on the breadline for their next meal.
- standing in a breadline
Examples
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If someone would do statistics about the number of people homeless and in breadlines in the USA vs. those in the Eurozone, the differences between those two blocks would become clearer.
Blog text (8) -
The Depression had begun to take a toll on her business; however, one idle day as she gazed out her window, Lange was struck by the number of unemployed and homeless men waiting in breadlines and idling on the sidewalks.
Blog text (19) -
I was down on Times Square, watching those men in the breadline... standing there in the rain, waiting for coffee and doughnuts.
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The husband eventually died of a drug overdose, leaving her with three children and on the breadline again.
Academic text (2006) -
Now there are millions who want to work, but find themselves standing in breadlines.
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She photographed men on relief and the armies of the homeless who shuffled in breadlines or slept outside unemployment offices.
Academic text (1995) -
However, the main motivation for the suggestion lay elsewhere—in the Roosevelt Administration's fear of mass unemployment of veterans like that which had followed World War I, a problem symbolized for that generation by images of veterans standing in breadlines.
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With the economy struggling, the number of people waiting in the breadline increased significantly.
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The charity set up a breadline to help those who were unemployed and unable to afford food.
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4.9
A line of people waiting for free food during hard times
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Etymology
The word breadline comes from people standing in a line to get free bread during hard times like the Great Depression, and 'bread' here means food. So breadline is a line of people waiting for free food.