Gingerbread
the former name of a British organization which provides support and practical help for single parents and their children. In 2007 it joined with the National Council for One Parent Families to form One Parent Families/Gingerbread.

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gin‧ger‧bread /ˈdʒɪndʒəbred $ -dʒər-/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: gingebras 'preserved ginger' (13-14 centuries), from Old French gingembraz, from gimgibre ( ⇒ ginger); influenced by bread]

1. a heavy sweet cake or a biscuit with ginger in it
gingerbread man (=a piece of gingerbread in the shape of a man)

2. American English complicated decorations on the outside of a house, especially near the roof

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