The Only Use of
hand-to-mouth
in
Treasure Island
- I never in my life saw men so careless of the morrow; hand to mouth is the only word that can describe their way of doing; and what with wasted food and sleeping sentries, though they were bold enough for a brush and be done with it, I could see their entire unfitness for anything like a prolonged campaign.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(hand-to-mouth) a subsistence level of poverty such that all resources are needed just to survive and none are left to save or invest for the future