Definition
Of poor quality; tolerable only in desperate circumstances.
In Context
- "She looked good, but as an actress she was strictly from hunger. http://www.hulu.com/watch/77882/the-donna-reed-show-pardon-my-gloves?c=1011"
- ""That's the place for you, the San Berdoo. I live there so I ought to know. The owner's strictly from hunger. Come on, I'll get you fixed up swell.""
- "The play went on and on with people shouting and using dirty language. The jokes were from hunger and there was only one sexy scene"
- "This place is a dump. I mean your bathrooms are from hunger. Where's the Jacuzzi? Where's the 'his and her' sinks? Where's the towel warmer?"
- ""The men in this hamlet are either married, or worn out, or ignorant, or religious zealots, or indigent." Esther was forced to agree that the boys in this town were from hunger, but said, "That's what marriage brokers are for....""