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from hunger

from hunger prepositional phrase: of poor quality; tolerable only in desperate circumstances.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Of poor quality; tolerable only in desperate circumstances.
    • She looked good, but as an actress she was strictly from hunger. http://www.hulu.com/watch/77882/the-donna-reed-show-pardon-my-gloves?c=1011
    • "That's the place for you, the San Berdoo. I live there so I ought to know. The owner's strictly from hunger. Come on, I'll get you fixed up swell."1939, Nathanael West, The Day of the Locusts, page 17
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see from, hunger.

Questions about from hunger

What does from hunger mean?
From hunger means of poor quality; tolerable only in desperate circumstances.
What part of speech is from hunger?
From hunger is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from hunger in the dictionary

  1. from here on in
  2. from here on out
  3. from here to Sunday
  4. from hereon out
  5. from home
  6. from hunger
  7. from jump street
  8. from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
  9. from me born
  10. from memory
  11. from Missouri

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