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    [Noun]  | "dole" | \ ˈdōl \


    1: a grant of government funds to the unemployed

    2: a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy

    3: something distributed at intervals to the needy; also : handout

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English dāl portion {mat|deal:3|};

    [Noun]  | "dole" 


    1: grief, sorrow

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English dol, from Anglo-French duel, dol, from Late Latin dolus, alteration of Latin dolor see: ;

    [Noun]  | "dole money" 


    1: money that a government (especially the British government) gives to people who do not have jobs or who are very poor

    [Noun]  | "the dole" 


    1: money that a government (especially the British government) gives to people who do not have jobs or who are very poor

    [Verb]  | "dole" 


    1: to give or distribute as a charity —usually used with out

    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: ;

    [Verb]  | "dole out" 


    1: to give or deliver in small portions

    2: dish out

    Origin: 1749 ;

    [Biographical name]  | "Dole" | \ ˈdōl \


    1: Bob 1923—2021 Robert Joseph Dole American politician

    [Biographical name]  | "Dole" 


    1: Sanford Ballard 1844—1926 American jurist; president (1894—1900) and governor (1900—03) of Hawaii

    [Idiom]  | "off the dole" 


    1: no longer receiving money that a government (especially the British government) gives to people who do not have jobs or who are very poor

    [Idiom]  | "on the dole" 


    1: receiving money that a government (especially the British government) gives to people who do not have jobs or who are very poor

    [Noun]  | "dole" 


    1: the giving of necessities and especially money to the needy;


      * e.g., " ... a millionaire who was known for his annual Christmas dole to needy-looking strangers he met on the street "



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    [Verb]  | "dole out" 


    1: to give out (something) to appropriate individuals;


      * e.g., " ... she doles out office supplies as if she were paying for them out of her own pocket "




     [ "dole" ]

    1: Australia: Unemployment benefits from the government. Known in the US as "welfare".

      * e.g.,  ... Just heading down to the Centrelink to put in my dole form. 

     [ "dole" ]

    2: Also see "dole bludger".

      * e.g.,  ... I don't have any money until dole day. 

     [ "dole" ]

    1: Unemployment insurance; or, less commonly, any form of public assistance.

      * e.g.,  ... Since the company he worked for went out of business and he did not quit or get fired, he was eligible to go on the dole. 

     [ "dole" ]

    1: D.O.L.E acronym for Department Of Labour and Employment. unemployment benefit in the UK from 1911 until 2001 when dwp took over and called it job seekers allowance and now universal credit

      * e.g.,  ... my granddad was on the D.O.L.E claiming fortnightly giros after the mines shut down. i finished college, couldn't get a job and now i get Universal credit but everyone still calls it "the dole" 

     [ "dole" ]

    1: Municipal or state social assistance, specifically welfare. Not to be confused with employment benefits, or "pogey".

      * e.g.,  ... People on the dole are so poor they can't even afford to pay attention. 

     [ "dole" ]

    1: Someone who cannot be bothered to work and claims money off the state to pay for their drug habbit.

      * e.g.,  ... JsT is on the dole and like to buy hash with his dole money. 

     [ "dole" ]

    1: A bannana

      * e.g.,  ... He eats Dole Bananas 

     [ "dole" ]

    1: Bob Dole

      * e.g.,  ... Bob Dole is a senator 

     [ "dole" ]

    1: A nice piece of fruity booty.

      * e.g.,  ... Mmm... look at that women's dole! Fine! 

     [ "dole" ]

    1: English word for tax payers money paid out to (normally) foreign, work shy bastards who come to the UK because they were 'opressed' in their own country. More enlightened individuals understand why the scrounging fucks were 'oppressed'. It's called being a 'drain on society. Sensible countries send these scum to us as we are too 'politically Correct' to shoot the fuckers in the head/ Stop them reproducing.

      * e.g.,  ... All arabs that come to the UK are just dole scrounging Bastards 

     [ "dole" ]

    1: if something is pure dole this means it is very poor, or very shabby etc.

      * e.g.,  ... oh my god, those trainers are pure dole 

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