breadline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level.

/ˈbɹɛdlaɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-breadline.wav

breadline breadlines bread line

From bread + line. In sense 2, referring to the income level at which one can afford to buy bread, a staple food.

poverty line soupline

breadliner below the breadline on the breadline

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