food stamp

any of the coupons sold or given under a federal program to eligible needy persons and redeemable for food at designated grocery stores or markets.

Also called food coupon.

Origin of food stamp

First recorded in 1935–40

It was the first time in history a farm bill failed, and it later passed without the food-stamp component.

Congress Unites to Screw the Hungry |Monica Potts |September 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For all the ugly talk of President Obama as “the food-stamp president,” that title should properly be shared with George W. Bush.

The GOP’s Suicide Pact on Immigration |Nick Gillespie |February 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For stores like Walmart, which sells groceries and other goods to the same customers, the food-stamp cut will be a double-whammy.

Food Stamp Cuts Add to Walmart’s Troubles |Daniel Gross |November 2, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Bill Simon, president and chief executive of Walmart U.S., last month (PDF) downplayed the potential threat of food-stamp cuts.

Food Stamp Cuts Add to Walmart’s Troubles |Daniel Gross |November 2, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The other argument one sometimes hears concerns the dreadful curse of food-stamp fraud.

The Republicans’ Food Stamp Fraud: It’s Not About Austerity |Michael Tomasky |October 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST