| 单词 | poor relief |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoor relief poor relief n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief relieving1389 relief1438 poor relief1698 legal charity1818 poor-work1854 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [noun] > aid in want, pain, sickness, etc. > material aid > specific poor relief1698 out-relief1843 1698 MSS House of Lords 9 Dec. (1905) III. 261 Poor Relief (Select Vestries) Bill.—Draft of an Act for preventing the Poor's being cheated. 1783 Means Effectually Preventing Theft & Robbery 97 It hath been..said, that this parish poor relief appears to have been the best contrived remedy for that evil. 1855 N.-Y. Daily Times 6 Feb. 2/3 I have been for some time an anxious observer of the workings of the public mind on the question of Poor-Relief in this City. 1991 J. Kingdom Local Govt. & Politics in Brit. ii. 29 The new authorities were to effect a harsh system of poor relief to force people to work for the lowest possible wages. < as lemmas |
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