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hand-to-mouth

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(-mo̵ut̸h′)

adjective

characterized by the necessity of spending or consuming all that is obtained; at or below the level of mere subsistence

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adjective

Having or providing only the bare essentials: a hand-to-mouth existence.

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hand to mouth adverb

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