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Bread line   /brɛd laɪn/   Listen
Bread line

noun
1.
A queue of people waiting for free food.  Synonym: breadline.






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"Bread line" Quotes from Famous Books



... to strike 12; the Bread Line moved forward slowly, its leathern feet sliding on the stones with the sound of a hissing serpent, as they who had lived according to their lights closed ...
— The Trimmed Lamp and Others • O Henry

... have said that when women have the vote they will have less time for charity and philanthropy. They are right—when we have the vote there will be less need for charity and philanthropy. The highest ideal of a republic is not a long bread line nor a soup kitchen but such opportunity that the people can buy their own bread and make their own soup. Opportunity must be for all, men and women alike, and the peoples of every nationality. Americanism does not mean militarism. The greatest need of Americans is not military preparedness ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V • Ida Husted Harper



Words linked to "Bread line" :   waiting line, queue



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