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Definition: TO KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR |
TO KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR1. To keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See Wolf , 3, above. --Tennyson. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Poverty | In want; Noun: needy, necessitous, distressed, pinched, straitened; put to one's shifts, put to one's last shifts; unable to keep the wolf from the door, unable to make both ends meet; embarrassed, under hatches; involved; (in debt); insolvent; (not paying). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "TO KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | távol tartja a nyomort, elkerüli az ínséget. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay eepkay ethay olfway omfray ethay oorday | ||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 4B 45 45 50 54 48 45 57 4F 4C 46 46 52 4F 4D 54 48 45 44 4F 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01001011 01000101 01000101 01010000 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010111 01001111 01001100 01000110 00100000 01000110 01010010 01001111 01001101 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000100 01001111 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   K E E P   T H E   W O L F   F R O M   T H E   D O O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 004B 0045 0045 0050 0054 0048 0045 0057 004F 004C 0046 0046 0052 004F 004D 0054 0048 0045 0044 004F 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544924539395025442392574946402405249472544239238494952 |
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