hand-to-mouth
adjective
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Example Sentences
Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
She’s also visited by her boyfriend Ethan (Charlie Plummer), a cancer survivor who like a lot of the kids in their ritzy private school has a hard time understanding what Bea’s more marginalized, hand-to-mouth childhood has been like.
—Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
Both dropped out of college and essentially lived hand-to-mouth in order to pursue their musical dreams.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023
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Word History
1748, in the meaning defined above
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“Hand-to-mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand-to-mouth. Accessed 7 Jun. 2023.
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