A person or group regarded as needing help or financial support.
she was sent as a charity case to a Catholic boarding school
I like to pay my way, not be a charity case
Example sentencesExamples
No doubt there are some charity cases out there who do need assistance.
The last thing Australia needs is yet another charity case to support.
I'm not some charity case waiting for you to play benefactor.
The Jets, while far from a charity case, definitely need help.
Rumor has it that Lady Valerie broke off her engagement because she didn't want Seawright to think she was a charity case.
You can be intelligent and be poverty-stricken, but to be treated as a charity case by the welfare system is insulting.
Your father has taken me on as sort of a charity case.
I don't want to be treated like some damn charity case.
Seventy percent of his patients are charity cases; the remaining 30% seek him out and pay for his services because the quality of his work is world-class.
No one likes being a charity case.
I was a charity case and felt intimidated by all the Ivy Leaguers.
She had turned down the fundraising effort because she did not want to be seen as a "charity case."
Definition of charity case in US English:
charity case
noun
informal
A person or group regarded as needing help or financial support.
she was sent as a charity case to a Catholic boarding school
I like to pay my way, not be a charity case
Example sentencesExamples
No doubt there are some charity cases out there who do need assistance.
I don't want to be treated like some damn charity case.
No one likes being a charity case.
I'm not some charity case waiting for you to play benefactor.
The Jets, while far from a charity case, definitely need help.
The last thing Australia needs is yet another charity case to support.
You can be intelligent and be poverty-stricken, but to be treated as a charity case by the welfare system is insulting.
Your father has taken me on as sort of a charity case.
Seventy percent of his patients are charity cases; the remaining 30% seek him out and pay for his services because the quality of his work is world-class.
She had turned down the fundraising effort because she did not want to be seen as a "charity case."
Rumor has it that Lady Valerie broke off her engagement because she didn't want Seawright to think she was a charity case.
I was a charity case and felt intimidated by all the Ivy Leaguers.