welfare queen

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman collecting welfare, seen as doing so out of laziness, rather than genuine need. US,derogatory
    — Miss Taylor, who is 40 years old, has been called Illinois’ “welfare queen” for allegedly defrauding Illinois and other states out of welfare payments while using a number of aliases.

词形变化

welfare queens plural

词源

First appears c. the 1970s, popularized during Ronald Reagan's 1976 presidential campaign, but not used by Reagan himself.
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