soup line
Charity meal queue
A soup line is a queue of people waiting for free food, typically at a charitable organization or government facility during hard times.
The term evokes Depression-era images of unemployed workers lined up for basic sustenance: The factory closures put thousands in soup lines.
Also called a bread line.
- breadlineQueue for free food
- depressionProlonged low state
- hungryWanting to eat
- daily breadEssential means of living
- rationsControlled food portions
charity · food bank · homeless · unemployment · queue · kitchen · poverty · welfare · public assistance · handout · helping hand · waiting · desperate · Great Depression · economic collapse · hard times · ladle · bowl
- Depression EraGreat Depression, Hooverville, breadline, dust storms, New Deal
- queuesqueue, lineup, waiting list, wait list, enqueue
soup lineprosperity
Good fortune, success
affluence · wealth · economic boom · plenty · abundance
soup linefine dining
Elegant restaurant experience
gourmet meal · banquet · feast · champagne reception · tasting menu
soup linefine dining
Elegant restaurant experience
country club · champagne reception · VIP lounge · exclusive club · banquet
soup, line, soups, soupy, lines, lined, lining, liner, liners