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BREADLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breadline mean? 

BREADLINE (noun)
  The noun BREADLINE has 1 sense:

1. a queue of people waiting for free foodplay

  Familiarity information: BREADLINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BREADLINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A queue of people waiting for free food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

bread line; breadline

Hypernyms ("breadline" is a kind of...):

queue; waiting line (a line of people or vehicles waiting for something)


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