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Antonyms for breadwinner
ˈbrɛdˌwɪn ərbread·win·ner

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  1. breadwinnernoun

    one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents

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  1. downfall

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use breadwinner in a sentence?

  1. Richard Kaplan:

    She’s the breadwinner. Everything belongs to her, and if there was mismanagement, that’s ripe for investigation.

  2. Robert Hendricks III:

    We are telling men unfairly that they are supposed to be the breadwinner, but then a profession like teaching doesn’t give them the opportunity to financially provide for their families.

  3. Sam Smethers:

    The motherhood penalty and daddy bonus are still a strong feature of our workplaces, this drives inequality and forces women and men into traditional male breadwinner, female carer roles.

  4. Christin Munsch:

    He already might feel threatened that I'm the breadwinner, I'm certainly not going to make him clean the toilet, too.

  5. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka:

    Stereotypes that make it hard for fathers to take time away from work to care for a child are outdated leftovers from the 'male breadwinner' model and have no place in today's mixed workforce.

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