breadwinner
noun/ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/US
Etymology
From bread + winner, where to win = to earn. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”, literally “bread-winning”), Dutch broodwinning (“livelihood”).
- inherited from wynner
Definitions
The primary income-earner in a household.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
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