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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'bread lines' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a line of people waiting to receive free food, which is often a sign of poverty. For example, "The Great Depression saw long bread lines as people struggled to make ends meet."
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bread lines
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Plural of bread line
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Saturday 8 a.m. 4) BREAD LINES The lines spill out the door, so arrive early at Huckleberry Bakery and Café (1014 Wilshire Boulevard 310-451-2311 310-451-2311 310-451-2311
Bread lines.
Soon, his family was on bread lines.
"The bread lines and the apple sellers.
Bread lines – and the individuals within bread lines – are not terrorists.
There's bread lines and soup lines all over town.
During the Great Depression, riots erupted on the bread lines.
They stood on bread lines together and went panhandling together.
Nearly half of its citizens are nourished from bread lines.
Hoover's advice to unemployed Americans standing in bread lines or sleeping under newspapers?
At times, the boy waited for food in Depression bread lines.
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