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adj
Involving immediate consumption (especially of food) with no provision for the future; having barely enough to survive, in poverty
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English to Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tó-s Proto-Germanic *munþaz Proto-West Germanic *munþ Old English mūþ Middle English mouth English mouth English hand-to-mouth From hand + to + mouth.
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