| 单词 | rocking-chair money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrocking-chair money rocking-chair money n. North American (originally and chiefly U.S.) unemployment insurance; (broadly) any benefit paid to someone who is not working. ΘΚΠ 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 1938 Bee (Danville, Virginia) 30 June 1/7 Unemployment insurance..has come to be known among the mill workers as ‘rocking chair’ money. 1959 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 Apr. 7/1 The somewhat less sophisticated people of the Maritimes have a happier name for Unemployment Insurance... ‘Rockin' Chair Money’. 1964 J. Peacock To Drill & Die iii. 16 You're staying around for rockin'-chair money. 1970 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (at cited word) Rocking-chair (money),..social security, unemployment, disability insurance, pension, and similar payments. 2003 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 6 Apr. e2 Come the following spring, the big money was all gone. So was the ‘rocking-chair money’—unemployment checks—the men received over the winter. < as lemmas |
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