pogey

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc. countable,historical,usually
  2. Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance. Canada,often,slang,uncountable,usually
    — There were no jobs for the unemployed, however. And thus many hundreds of thousands went “on the pogey,” although all available evidence indicates that they loathed doing so. To accept relief was an admission of defeat and failure, a humiliating stigma, whether the relief was indirect or direct.

词形变化

pogeys plural pogie alternative pogy alternative

词汇关系

近义词
dole employment insurance EI unemployment insurance UI pancrack pogey house
相关词
pogey bait

词源

1891, meaning "poorhouse", possibly from British hobo slang. 1954 assistance.
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