town relief
noun
Relief given to the poor or needy from town funds.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in George Crabbe (1754–1832), poet and Church of England clergyman.
- protectionist
- protection money
- protection order
- protection racket
- protection rent
- protective
- protective arrest
- protective colloid
- protective coloration
- protective colouring
- protective custody
- protective detention
- protectively
- protectiveness
- protective order
- protective-prohibitive
- protector
- protectoral
- protectorate
- protectorial
- Protectorian
- protectorless
- protectorly
- protectorship
- protectory