rescue work
noun
1The support or rehabilitation of underprivileged and socially excluded people, especially prostitutes.
2Work undertaken in the attempt to rescue stranded or endangered people.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Birmingham Post.
- open day
- open daylight
- open diapason
- open door
- open-doored
- open doors (or the door)
- opened-out
- opened-up
- open-end
- open-ended
- open-endedness
- open enrollment
- opener
- opener-up
- opener-upper
- open-eyed
- open-eyedly
- open-face
- open-faced
- open-faced sandwich
- open-face sandwich
- open field
- open-field system
- open fire
- open flame