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Hand to mouth
adverb
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Definitions
1.
adverb
In a hand-to-mouth manner.
2.
adjective
Involving immediate consumption (especially of food) with no provision for the future; having barely enough to survive, in poverty
Synonyms
meagerly
meager
meagre
indigently
penuriously
beggarwise
scrimpingly
naked-handedly
shorthandedly
single-handed
thriftlessly
needily
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