| 单词 | outdoor relief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoutdoor relief 3. Of charity, or its recipient: administered or relieved outside, or apart from residence in a workhouse, almshouse, or other charitable institution; as outdoor pauper, outdoor pension, outdoor relief. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > system of poor relief > given outside workhouse, etc. outdoor1823 out-of-door relief1838 1823 Lancet 5 Oct. 8/2 They had an opportunity of seeing above 800 indoor, and a vast number of outdoor patients. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. iii. 51 The outdoor paupers had begun the mischief. 1834 Act 4 & 5 William IV c. 76 §52 On what conditions, and in what manner, such out-door relief may be afforded. 1899 Daily News 19 June 7/2 Aged seamen..admitted..to the benefits of an out-door pension. 1912 C. Joyce in Lett. J. Joyce (1966) II. 317 I have had to get out door relief here. 1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories ii. 84 Men, some of them with the best of trades, were on the outdoor relief, concreting the streets, for a few shillings a week. < as lemmas |
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