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breadline
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noun
- a queue of people waiting for free food given out by a government agency or a charity organization
- on the breadlineimpoverished; living at subsistence level
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Badenoch said she opposed that decision, arguing it would mean pensioners "on the breadline" would miss out.
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She told the BBC she believed the pension credit threshold was too low and to qualify for it "you truly have to be on the breadline".
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When the tour’s over, I’m back on the breadline, honey.
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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.
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Michelle was inspired to launch the project because of her own experience living on the breadline.
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