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The phrase "breadwinner of" is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to refer to the person in a family or household who earns the majority of the income and supports the rest of the family financially. Example: John was the breadwinner of the family, working long hours as a lawyer to provide for his wife and three children.
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He became the breadwinner of the family.
Ms. Seda has been the breadwinner of her family.
"I am the breadwinner of the family," he says.
Her youngest son, who is 10, works illegally and is the breadwinner of the family.
The breadwinner of the family had been his elder brother, but he had fled to South Africa.
By age 11 Beethoven had to leave school; at 18 he was the breadwinner of the family.
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Women's Union members are typically the breadwinners of their families thanks to their market activities.
In some poor countries, sons are still seen as the breadwinners of the future, and their education prioritised over daughters.
A wave followed not just of orphans, but also of children impoverished because AIDS killed the breadwinners of extended families.
Therefore, the inefficacy of the legislations is also due to the dearth of complaints lodged by affected girls against their fathers, uncles or brothers – generally, the breadwinners of the family.
Sociologists here said the feuds had inverted traditional gender roles in rural Albania, as the women became the breadwinners of the family while the men were forced to stay home and do the housework.
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