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CHARITY CASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does charity case mean? 

CHARITY CASE (noun)
  The noun CHARITY CASE has 1 sense:

1. a case for a welfare workerplay

  Familiarity information: CHARITY CASE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHARITY CASE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A case for a welfare worker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

charity case; welfare case

Hypernyms ("charity case" is a kind of...):

case (a person requiring professional services)


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