(UK) Historically a queue to receive the dole (unemployment benefit), now used in reference to the number of people who are unemployed and claiming state benefit.
(UK) Historically a queue to receive the dole (unemployment benefit), now used in reference to the number of people who are unemployed and claiming state benefit.
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(Irish, slang) An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits.
(Australia, New Zealand, pejorative, slang) An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits.
(Ireland, slang, derogatory) A person who does not contribute to society and who lives off welfare.
(obsolete) sorrow; dole.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, less common, _, in North America) A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).