breadline
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breadline
- /ˈbɹɛdlaɪn/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From bread + line. In sense 2, referring to the income level at which one can afford to buy bread, a staple food.
noun breadlines · bread line
- A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity. I do not think anyone of us can walk by a breadline and see even the most unkempt and raggedy man in the line without saying to himself, "There but for the grace of God."
- The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level. Every day brings new worries about falling below the breadline.
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noun line for food from charity
| Deutsch | Brotschlange |
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noun subsistence level
| Deutsch | Existenzminimum |
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Talk about this word "breadline." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/breadline. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. breadline. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/breadline "breadline." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/breadline.Cite this
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title = {breadline},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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