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Definition
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
- He knew besides that the Athelnys lived from hand to mouth, and with their large family had neither space nor money to entertain a stranger.101-102 — Chapters 101-102 (49% in)
- The people who dwelt here lived from hand to mouth.113-114 — Chapters 113-114 (10% in)
There are no more uses of "hand-to-mouth" in Of Human Bondage.
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