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单词 bread line
释义

bread line

or bread·line

[ bred-lahyn ]
/ ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn /

noun

a group of needy persons waiting in line for free food to be distributed by a government agency or charitable organization.

Origin of bread line

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby bread line

breadbox, breadcrumb, bread flour, breadfruit, bread knife, bread line, bread mold, bread mould, breadnut, breadroot, bread sauce
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Example sentences from the Web for bread line

  • People will continue to starve so long as they are content with a circus and a bread-line.

    The Root of Evil|Thomas Dixon

  • In her eyes was the look of hunger, like that of the starving woman in the bread-line.

    Sudden Jim|Clarence Budington Kelland

  • We would stand in the bread-line just like the rest of them and get our roll and coffee.

    Dave Ranney|Dave Ranney

British Dictionary definitions for bread line

breadline
/ (ˈbrɛdˌlaɪn) /

noun

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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