Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breadliner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bread-lin-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who lives at the poverty level.

Example Sentences

"After all the breadline makes breadliners."
"He looks vaguely charmed to meet a bona fide plebeian; a real-life breadliner."
"Hannah Hill Chaplin's precipitous decline from headliner to breadliner was a devastating defeat for the formerly “light-hearted and gay” music hall comedienne, better known to her fans and admirers as "that charming little chanter, Lillie Harley" — or Lily Harley, the usual spelling."

Etymology

From breadline + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: breadline

Inflected Forms

breadliners (plural)

Questions

What does breadliner mean?: Someone who lives at the poverty level.
Where does breadliner come from?: From breadline + -er.

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