pogey

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von pogey im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc

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.

{i} (British) financial assistance for the needy

Government financial assistance, particularly unemployment insurance

Silbentrennung

po·gey

Synonyme

pogey house, dole, employment insurance, ei, unemployment insurance, ui

Etymologie

() 1891 a poorhouse, possibly from British hobo slang, 1954 assistance.