English Explanatory Dictionary

bread and roses

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fair wages and dignified conditions.

Word forms

bread and roses

Etymology

Originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses too" inspired the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim, which was published in 1911.

Related words

bread and circuses
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