breadline

Example Sentences

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Myles and Creevy play a successful business owner and her new "down on her luck" cleaner who is living on the breadline, Barry said.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

When the tour’s over, I’m back on the breadline, honey.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

Ministers often repeat that 100,000 children have been kept above the breadline by their policies, and the child payment is frequently lauded by charities.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024

The true number of people on the breadline may be much higher.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023

It seemed brutal to be wading into the bill of fare with poor old Bicky headed for the breadline.

From My Man Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)