welfare bum

Definitions

1. 1

   A person whose source of income is government public assistance payments, especially one…

   A person whose source of income is government public assistance payments, especially one who is lazy and unwilling to work.

   • The program also can shatter once and for all that "welfare bum" myth that has served as an excuse to avoid obligation and sacrifice to aid unfortunate people.
   • Welfare has long been scorned by those who see only the "welfare bum," able to work but preferring to sit home and collect a government check.
   • Marin, who receives $576 a month in family benefits, says she has to get groceries from a food bank every month to survive. . . . "The other kids tell my kid: ‘Your mother's a welfare bum.’"

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