| 单词 | welfare queen |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswelfare queen welfare queen n. colloquial derogatory (originally and chiefly U.S.) a woman perceived to be living in luxury on benefits obtained by exploiting or defrauding the welfare system. Although often associated with Ronald Reagan and his unsuccessful 1976 presidential campaign, there is no evidence that he used the term. ΚΠ 1974 Chicago Tribune 12 Oct. 3/1 Linda Taylor, the 47-year-old ‘welfare queen’, was being held in jail. 1991 Nation 16 Dec. 770/2 Ronald Reagan's fables of welfare queens in Cadillacs. 2011 K. Gustafson Cheating Welfare ii. 36 The figure of the welfare queen offered contradictory stereotypes about the rationality of poor women. < as lemmas |
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