"welfare Cadillac" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "The imagery is of a person arriving at a welfare office in a Cadillac automobile (an expensive car) to pick up a welfare payment. The implication is that the person does not need the benefit, or that the benefits are too generous.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "welfare Cadillacs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "welfare Cadillac (plural welfare Cadillacs)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "The case of a person or group receiving public benefits, although the benefits are not actually needed by the recipient or are obtained by fraud."
      ],
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          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "benefits",
          "benefits"
        ],
        [
          "recipient",
          "recipient"
        ],
        [
          "fraud",
          "fraud"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, idiomatic) The case of a person or group receiving public benefits, although the benefits are not actually needed by the recipient or are obtained by fraud."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "welfare bum"
        },
        {
          "word": "welfare parasite"
        },
        {
          "word": "welfare queen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "welfare Cadillac"
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{
  "etymology_text": "The imagery is of a person arriving at a welfare office in a Cadillac automobile (an expensive car) to pick up a welfare payment. The implication is that the person does not need the benefit, or that the benefits are too generous.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "welfare Cadillacs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "expansion": "welfare Cadillac (plural welfare Cadillacs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "welfare bum"
    },
    {
      "word": "welfare parasite"
    },
    {
      "word": "welfare queen"
    }
  ],
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        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links"
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      "glosses": [
        "The case of a person or group receiving public benefits, although the benefits are not actually needed by the recipient or are obtained by fraud."
      ],
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          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "benefits",
          "benefits"
        ],
        [
          "recipient",
          "recipient"
        ],
        [
          "fraud",
          "fraud"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, idiomatic) The case of a person or group receiving public benefits, although the benefits are not actually needed by the recipient or are obtained by fraud."
      ],
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        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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