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be on the breadline
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be/live on the breadline  (British & Australian)
to be very poor
Usage notes: In America, breadlines were very poor people standing in a line waiting for free food provided by the government.
Most families of the unemployed are on the breadline. How many elderly people in Britain are living on the breadline?


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I am particularly concerned for pensioners and those on low incomes who may already live on the breadline.
THROUGH THE ROOF by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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