breadwinning

From bread +‎ winning. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”), Dutch broodwinning (“profession”).

breadwinning (uncountable)

1. 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.

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