(US, usually, pejorative) Marginally productive government-financed employment.
(US, usually, pejorative) Marginally productive government-financed employment.
public agencies were to plan building programs that would do the job and preserve communities from “the necessity of feeding hungry men through the expediency of 'leaf-raking' projects or the dole or soup lines.
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(US, informal) unemployment benefit.
(US, informal) The activity of traveling to view and photograph the changing colors of the fall foliage, particularly in New England.
(US, informal) Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue.
An American informal expression for unemployment benefits — the idea being that if you're collecting it, you might as well be sitting in a rocking chair doing nothing. It's a mildly sardonic phrase that implies the recipient is idle, though with more humor than judgment. The image evokes a slow, passive life waiting for checks rather than hustling. Popular enough in mid-20th century American vernacular but not widely used today.
The act or process of raking leaves.
Relief was essential and began under Hoover; then, under Roosevelt, relief turned into leaf-raking, and leaf-raking turned into constructive enterprise.
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