(chiefly, historical, countable) A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc.
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(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 h…
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