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Definition of Hand to mouth
1. Adverb. With barely enough money for immediate needs. "They lived form hand to mouth"
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Literary usage of Hand to mouth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"He had no talent for administration ; in affairs of state he was content with a
hand-to-mouth policy, and hi« campaigns were disgracefully mismanaged. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"Used toothpick, bringing hand to mouth. 108. Opened door to house. 109.
Received paper from friend. 110. Friend laughed boisterously within spray range. ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... Gonds live from hand to mouth, and often suffer great privations in seasons
of scarcity. Classified according to occupation, the Census Report divided ..."
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