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单词 on the pineapple
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on the pineapple
b. British slang. Unemployment benefit, the dole; esp. in on the pineapple. Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > unemployment benefit
unemployment benefit1909
the dole1919
buroo1934
pineapple1937
rocking-chair money1938
susso1941
unemployment1976
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 632/1 Pine-apple, on the, on parish relief.
1971 Observer 23 May 7 ‘There were just too many people on the pineapple.’ The ‘pineapple’ is slang for the dole.
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