breadwinning
English
Etymology
From bread + winning. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”), Dutch broodwinning (“profession”).
Noun
breadwinning (uncountable)
- The earning of a household's primary income.
- 2007, Angela Hattery, Earl Smith, African American families (page 104)
- And the key issues that both batterers and battered women identify as triggers to battering are men's successes in breadwinning and the bedroom – the two Bs.
- 2007, Angela Hattery, Earl Smith, African American families (page 104)