pogey


Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

pogey

(ˈpəʊɡɪ) or

pogy

n, pl pogeys or pogies
1. (Social Welfare) financial or other relief given to the unemployed by the government; dole
2. (Social Welfare) unemployment insurance
3. (Social Welfare)
a. the office distributing relief to the unemployed
b. (as modifier): pogey clothes.
[C20: from earlier pogie workhouse, of unknown origin]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

po•gey

or po•gy

(ˈpoʊ gi)

n., pl. -geys or -gies. Canadian Slang.
1. payments under an unemployment insurance program.
2.
a. a welfare office.
b. any form of government relief.
[1890–95;earlier pogie workhouse; ultimately orig. unknown]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pogey - money received from the state
public assistance, social welfare, welfare - governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need; "she lives on welfare"
Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
A child of slum rental houses, the last born of fourteen, only five of whom survived infancy, she had been bullied at school, called a "pogey" child, billeted out to the country at times for the sake of her health, and so insecurity came as naturally to her as song to a robin.
American fan Pogey, 52, from Massachusetts, said: "I like the mania and the feeling of being a Roller.
Not since the days of pogey bait, 'palm, and Willie Peter.
He has enriched equalization payments for the provinces and pogey for individuals.
Aqueles que desejam buscar a questao, podem consultar o apendice V do trabalho dos eruditos classicos Meier e Pogey de Castries sobre a fisiologia das praticas homossexuais na Antiguidade, Histoire de l'amour grec dans l'Antiquite, pp.
As nature abhors a vacuum, so OCS abhorred unauthorized food, called "pogey." Normally breaking the rule earned you no more than a mild punishment, often a comic one, or it could, if you were in bad odor otherwise, get you recycled--that is, sent to another OCS company in an earlier stage of training, a fate we all dreaded.