pogey

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

pogeyspogiepogy

1.
(countable, historical, usually)(chiefly historical, countable) A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc.
2.
(Canada, often, slang, uncountable, usually)(Canada, slang, uncountable, often with the) Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance.
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.

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Đồng nghĩa

dolepogey houseCanada employment insurance, EICanada dated unemployment insurance, UIpancrack

Cùng gốc / liên quan

pogey bait

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Nguồn gốc từ

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