(US) A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
(US) 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."
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(US, basketball, informal) The free-throw line.
(Scotland, dated) Food that is simple or plain; a type of food that is necessary for subsistence.
A line at the side of something.
(Canada) A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end; a queue.
(British, figurative) The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level.
Breadlines and social agencies, while staffing women, employed more men and served more men, making women a minority in the visual landscape.