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- noun Attributive form of
head of household
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Examples
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In Africa, poverty is a 14-year-old orphaned head-of-household trying to find fresh water for himself and his siblings.
Mark Hanlon: Does Geography Limit Compassion? Mark Hanlon 2010
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The difference with the Browns, as explained in terms as goofy as possible by head-of-household Kody, is that "she's a sister from the same mister," he says, wrapping his arm around his daughter, "and he's a brother from another mother," doing the same with his son.
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In Africa, poverty is a 14-year-old orphaned head-of-household trying to find fresh water for himself and his siblings.
Mark Hanlon: Does Geography Limit Compassion? Mark Hanlon 2010
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In Africa, poverty is a 14-year-old orphaned head-of-household trying to find fresh water for himself and his siblings.
Mark Hanlon: Does Geography Limit Compassion? Mark Hanlon 2010
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In Africa, poverty is a 14-year-old orphaned head-of-household trying to find fresh water for himself and his siblings.
Mark Hanlon: Squinting at Reality Mark Hanlon 2010
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In Africa, poverty is a 14-year-old orphaned head-of-household trying to find fresh water for himself and his siblings.
Mark Hanlon: Does Geography Limit Compassion? Mark Hanlon 2010
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I would rather see strong autonomous families (even so far as full pater familias powers to the head-of-household) and a total lack of parens patriae power on the part of the state than I would non-autonomous families and a strong parens patriae power.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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This is why such entry-level jobs are totally inappropriate for head-of-household bread winners.
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I would rather see strong autonomous families (even so far as full pater familias powers to the head-of-household) and a total lack of parens patriae power on the part of the state than I would non-autonomous families and a strong parens patriae power.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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In Africa, poverty is a 14-year-old orphaned head-of-household trying to find fresh water for himself and his siblings.
Mark Hanlon: Does Geography Limit Compassion? Mark Hanlon 2010
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