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CHARITY CASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does charity case mean?
• CHARITY CASE (noun)
The noun CHARITY CASE has 1 sense:
1. a case for a welfare worker
Familiarity information: CHARITY CASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A case for a welfare worker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
charity case; welfare case
Hypernyms ("charity case" is a kind of...):
case (a person requiring professional services)
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