Postoperative pain was felt by 40 percent of patients after three months, 22 percent of patients after six months, 17 percent after one year, and 10 percent of patients after two years, according to the study in the current issue of the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Definition of breadwinner. 1  1 : a means (as a tool or craft) of livelihood. 2  2 : a member of a family whose wages supply its livelihood.
We talk about a worker being a breadwinner, someone who puts bread on the table, and our job is our bread and butter. We call any rich agricultural area of a country its breadbasket. And in fact, bread and dough are both current slang for money, which is another fundamental necessity in our society. Bread's been so vital to our lives that it's also been an important political issue over many centuries of British history.