breadwinner

Example Sentences

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“That would be very difficult to do because I’m the breadwinner in the household, and you get accustomed to a certain lifestyle.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Bench chairman Mark Stollery told him: "We note you are the main breadwinner and carer for your family and within the family, members have life-limiting conditions, including your wife and children."

From BBC

“These weren’t criminals. They worked, they were the breadwinners of their house and their families were scared without them.”

From Los Angeles Times

At that time she had become the family's main breadwinner, his nightclub business having begun to fail.

From BBC

He went on to detail how she was a breadwinner and philanthropist who sponsored a Zambian girls' football team that would suffer from her imprisonment.

From BBC