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pogey

/ˈpəʊɡi/

/ˈpoʊɡi/

Переводы

pogeyсуществительное

pogeys

множ.

The fisherman caught a pogey in the river.

Рыбак поймал рыбу в реке.

He received pogey after losing his job.

Он получил пособие после потери работы.

Дополнительные переводы

Синонимы

unemployment benefits

public assistance

pogeyприлагательное

/ˈpəʊɡi/

/ˈpoʊɡi/

Used attributively before nouns, chiefly Canadian, meaning ‘relating to, or received as, unemployment or welfare benefits’.

pogeyсуществительное

A colloquial term for welfare benefits or unemployment assistance provided by the government.

After losing his job, he had to rely on pogey to make ends meet.

A slang term for a jail or prison.

He spent a few months in the pogey for petty theft.

A poorhouse or workhouse providing lodgings and food to the destitute.

During the Depression, many unemployed men slept in the town pogey.

Any of several Atlantic menhaden fishes (genus Brevoortia), valued for fish meal and oil; pogy.

Boats headed out at dawn to net pogey for the processing plant.

pogeyприлагательное

Relating to or provided by government unemployment or welfare benefits (used only before a noun).

He deposited his pogey cheque at the bank.