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Meaning of "on the dole" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ON THE DOLE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ON THE DOLE

on the carpet
on the chance
on the cheap
on the club
on the coat
on the contrary
on the credit side
on the cross
on the danger list
on the defensive
on the dot
on the downgrade
on the downlow
on the face of it
on the fence
on the fly
on the foundation
on the front foot
on the go
on the heavy side

WORDS THAT END LIKE ON THE DOLE

as a whole
cole
condole
console
controle
dole
farandole
girandole
hole
in the hole
indole
iprindole
on the whole
parole
pole
role
sole
stole
the dole
whole

Synonyms and antonyms of on the dole in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «on the dole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ON THE DOLE

Find out the translation of on the dole to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of on the dole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «on the dole» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

靠政府救济生活
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en el paro
570 millions of speakers

English

on the dole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डोल पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على الإعانة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

на пособие по безработице
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

no desemprego
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

au chômage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pada dole
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

in die Arbeitslosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

失業手当について
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실업 수당 에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing dole
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trên trợ cấp thất nghiệp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டூல் மீது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दानावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dole üzerinde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il sussidio di disoccupazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na dole
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

на допомогу з безробіття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe ajutor de șomaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

για το επίδομα ανεργίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

op die bedeling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

på dole
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på arbeidsledighetstrygd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of on the dole

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ON THE DOLE»

The term «on the dole» is very widely used and occupies the 11.316 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ON THE DOLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about on the dole

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4 QUOTES WITH «ON THE DOLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word on the dole.
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Jake Bugg
My mum was a single mum on the dole.
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Mickey Kaus
Do we really want a society in which the stigma of going on the dole has been erased?
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Mickey Kaus
If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.
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Tony McCoy
Horses are like people - they have different personalities. They can be nice, friendly and hard-working, or awkward, difficult and lazy. If horses were people, some would be on the dole, and others would be entrepreneurs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON THE DOLE»

Discover the use of on the dole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to on the dole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Love On The Dole
In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbrokers, bullied by petty officials and living in constant fear of the dole queue and the Means ...
Walter Greenwood, 2008
2
The American Dole: Unemployment Relief and the Welfare State ...
Large numbers of recipients were able to avoid going "on the dole" by relying on their savings, borrowing, living with family and friends, reorganizing household economies, taking odd jobs and bartering. The seemingly endless depression ...
Jeff Singleton, 2000
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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
A man on the dole needs to keep up with things because all the other men on the dole are experts on what's going on in the world. A man on the dole must be ready in case another man on the dole brings up Hitler or Mussolini or the terrible  ...
Frank McCourt, 1998
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Selected Essays on Employment and Growth
V Considerable use will be made in these pages of the expression ' saving on the dole'. It must be clearly understood that these words are not intended to imply any moral judgment on the system of unemployment insurance. The word 'dole' is ...
Richard Ferdinand Kahn, 1972
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Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics: H-R
Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 2004; A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work ofAudre Lorde. Dir. Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson. Third World Newsreel, 1996. Zofia Burr LOVE ON THE DOLE (1933). Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole ...
M. Keith Booker, 2005
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Banned in the U.S.A.: British Films in the United States and ...
On 26 November 1941, the Production Code Administration viewed in New York a ten-reel print of Love on the Dole, provided by United Artists. The following day, F. S. Harmon of the PCA wrote to Harry D. Buckley at United Artists, noting ...
Anthony Slide, 1998
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Australian Post-war Documentary Film: An Arc of Mirrors
In some ways the 'The City' corresponds very well with Walter Greenwood's 1933 British bestseller, Love on the Dole, which was released as a film, directed by John Baxter, in 1941, and was rewritten by Norman Gow as a play and performed  ...
Deane Williams, 2008
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British Cinema in Documents
While film content was undoubtedly influenced by the actions of the censots it is also impottant to appteciate how the vety system was conducive to the degtee of vatiation teptesented by the case of Love on the Dole. It could be tesponsive to ...
Sarah Street, 2000
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The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870
... This merely served to accentuate the decline in prices with the result that they were soon subjected to intense deflationary pressure through the medium of the international gold The British Economy in the 1930s: Recovery on the Dole.
M. W. Kirby, 2005
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Ancient Roman Statutes: A Translation with Introduction, ...
2, 3, 30, 72) must be interpreted to mean that about 50,000 persons were on the dole at that time. 5 The entry of the contractor's bid as pecunia facta (money due) in public records was not to create a debt to the State, for, as the sequel shows, ...
Allan Chester Johnson, Paul Robinson Coleman-Norton, Frank Card Bourne, 1961

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ON THE DOLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term on the dole is used in the context of the following news items.
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DJ Derek missing: How Britain's oldest DJ beat the odds to become …
Reflecting on his lengthy career, Morris told We Love Cool Beans: "As a younger man spending most of [my] time on the dole to then be invited ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
2
There's not much I like about Ireland, so I live in London
It's London that gave your partner a job within days of arriving, following months on the dole and a joke of an internship on a JobBridge scheme ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
Hurts takes sound in new direction: 'This time we wanted to make …
“When we met we were on the dole and fumbling around Manchester. We had these great ambitions to get us out of there and around the world ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
4
CD REVIEWS: Neil Young, Lisa Stansfield, Electric Flag, Aero Flynn …
... the world darts champion to being on the dole in the Rhondda Valley. But the album is full of country swagger and well worth a listen 10/10. «Scunthorpe Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Dogs on the Dole, Channel 4, review: 'well-rounded and warm'
Sounding suspiciously like a programme idea that Alan Partridge would pitch (think “Monkey Tennis”), Dogs on the Dole (Channel 4) was billed ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Dogs On The Dole: Channel 4 show tonight to feature Hull's …
STAR OF THE SHOW: Carr House Rescue Centre owner Norma Anderson, left, and kennel assistant Steph Firth with Benji, who is waiting to ... «Hull Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Ghost Bear Family: Natural World review – 'disappointingly, they …
Also unavailable: Channel 4's intriguing Dogs on the Dole. I just hope George Osborne was watching so he can target the scrounge hounds ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Sen. Bob Dole receives video tribute from Kansas Congressional …
A reflection of the giant stained-glass flag on the Dole Institute of Politics can be seen in the marble on the floor of the grand hall. Photo by ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
9
The benefit cut that isn't quite as it seems
Have you ever been on the dole as I have or are you still living with your mummy? Mark Slater. I'm sorry if I interpreted your comment as you not ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Glenn McCrory and Olivier Bernard are cooking up a storm for the …
“When I won the world title at 24 I was on the dole, I remember telling a TV crew that I the first thing I was doing was telling Stanley jobcentre I ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»

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