Pogey
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpəʊɡi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pogey is a noun meaning (Canada, slang, uncountable, often with the) Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance.
Meaning
(Canada, slang, uncountable, often with the) Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance.
More Meanings
- (chiefly historical, countable) A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- pogeys
- pogie
- pogy
Synonyms for pogey
Depending on context, synonyms include dole, pancrack, pogy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dole, pogy, bait, doghouse, pigpen, poky.
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