susson.

/ˈsʌsəʊ/

Forms: Also Susso.

Etymology: < sus- (in sustenance n.) + -o suffix.

Australian slang. Obsolete.

a. State government relief paid to the unemployed, spec. during the Depression. Also in on the susso.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adverb] > receiving unemployment benefit

on welfare1933

on the susso1941

on the buroo1969

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

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 51 On the susso, in receipt of unemployed sustenance.

1942 L. Mann Go-getter 10 Five shillings were five shillings and a handsome help to the sustenance. ‘We're on the Susso now.’ That was the song they knew and did not sing.

1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Feb. 155/4 We're on the Susso now. In the 1930s Melbourne schoolchildren grew up chanting this (to them) cheerful folk song—‘Susso’ being the state government sustenance available to the unemployed throughout Australia under varying conditions during the Depression.

b. One who draws this relief.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > one claiming state allowance

claimant1923

welfare family1932

susso1947

welfare mother1962

1947 V. Palmer Cyclone 8 He thinks it puts hair on his chest knocking about with the sussos.

1963 F. Hardy Legends from Benson's Valley 166 The very thought..of the contempt the respectable held for the sussos changed his mood to defiance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	susso
释义	susson. /ˈsʌsəʊ/ Forms: Also Susso. Etymology: < sus- (in sustenance n.) + -o suffix. Australian slang. Obsolete. a. State government relief paid to the unemployed, spec. during the Depression. Also in on the susso. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adverb] > receiving unemployment benefit on welfare1933 on the susso1941 on the buroo1969 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 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 51 On the susso, in receipt of unemployed sustenance. 1942 L. Mann Go-getter 10 Five shillings were five shillings and a handsome help to the sustenance. ‘We're on the Susso now.’ That was the song they knew and did not sing. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Feb. 155/4 We're on the Susso now. In the 1930s Melbourne schoolchildren grew up chanting this (to them) cheerful folk song—‘Susso’ being the state government sustenance available to the unemployed throughout Australia under varying conditions during the Depression. b. One who draws this relief. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > one claiming state allowance claimant1923 welfare family1932 susso1947 welfare mother1962 1947 V. Palmer Cyclone 8 He thinks it puts hair on his chest knocking about with the sussos. 1963 F. Hardy Legends from Benson's Valley 166 The very thought..of the contempt the respectable held for the sussos changed his mood to defiance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1941
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