Nowadays people in Venezuela are on the breadline.
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Breadline
//ˈbɹɛdlaɪn//
Synonyms for "breadline" (2 found)
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5 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- leipäjono noun (line for food from charity)
- toimeentuloraja noun (subsistence level)
German
2 entries- Brotschlange noun (line for food from charity)
- Existenzminimum noun (subsistence level)
Polish
1 entries- granica ubóstwa noun (subsistence level)
Sample sentences
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I am living on the breadline even though I am always working hard.
Source: tatoeba (8300460)
And along the entire 40-foot wall of the reception room, a photo-mural of a ragged, depression-era breadline brooded over the sleek heads of the beautifully dressed and elaborately fed tourists.
Source: tatoeba (11260135)
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."
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