Breadline
noun
a queue of people waiting for free food given out by a government agency or a charity organization
on the breadline, impoverished; living at subsistence level
Historical Examples
My Man Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse
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- Breadth
the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width. an extent or piece of something of definite or full width or as measured by its width: a breadth of cloth. freedom from narrowness or restraint; liberality: a person with great breadth of view. size in general; extent. Art. a broad […]
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the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width. an extent or piece of something of definite or full width or as measured by its width: a breadth of cloth. freedom from narrowness or restraint; liberality: a person with great breadth of view. size in general; extent. Art. a broad […]