Relief was essential and began under Hoover; then, under Roosevelt, relief turned into leaf-raking, and leaf-raking turned into constructive enterprise.
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Leaf-raking
Synonyms for "leaf-raking"
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Translations
2 translations across 1 languages.
Swedish
2 entries- lövkrattning noun (raking of leaves)
- skyddad verkstad noun (government-financed employment)
Sample sentences
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public agencies were to plan building programs that would do the job and preserve communities from “the necessity of feeding hungry men through the expediency of 'leaf-raking' projects or the dole or soup lines.
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Yet neither man came close to realizing his early political promise, or to forgiving the tendency of the average voter to sell his birthright for a leaf-raking job or Social Security card.
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