public crib
Example Sentences
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In the United States such men are described as "feeding at the public crib."
From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
A taste of public life is fatal to most men, and the desire to feed from the public crib goes right to the bone.
From The Statesmen Snowbound by Fitzgerald, Robert
It was not long before grain was distributed free to all applicants; and a considerable portion of the population of the capital were living in vicious indolence and feeding at the public crib.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
Growing extent and complexity plus the need for finding safe places for those who are useful to the rich and powerful, widens and deepens the public crib.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott
Bridger's share of the spoils—the consulship at Ratona—was little more than a prune—a dried prune from the boarding-house department of the public crib.
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
