noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Somebody on the dole, receiving government welfare for unemployment. informal

   "Ordinary out-of-school youth make a similar distinction between themselves and the slapheads, doleites or dossers."

Example

More examples

"Ordinary out-of-school youth make a similar distinction between themselves and the slapheads, doleites or dossers."

Etymology

From dole + -ite.

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