soup kitchen
noun
: an establishment dispensing minimum dietary essentials (such as soup and bread) to the needy
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Schwartzman’s character, Souper—the poorest of the group, whose nickname is short for soup kitchen—gives off an insecure, sycophantic vibe that reminds me of an acolyte from Musk’s text messages.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Surely there are better places to look for murderers and rapists than church soup kitchens and kindergarten classrooms.
—Chloe Breyer, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
My goal is to open a soup kitchen there in the next year.
—Jesse Scott, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Roughly a third of Americans were jobless; hungry people were filling up soup kitchens across the country; and banks were collapsing as worried depositors rushed to withdraw their funds.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Surely there are better places to look for murderers and rapists than church soup kitchens and kindergarten classrooms.
—Chloe Breyer, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
My goal is to open a soup kitchen there in the next year.
—Jesse Scott, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Roughly a third of Americans were jobless; hungry people were filling up soup kitchens across the country; and banks were collapsing as worried depositors rushed to withdraw their funds.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for soup kitchen
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“Soup kitchen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20kitchen. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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