Definitions
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- noun countable A
poorhouse ,workhouse ,welfare office, charityhostel , etc. - noun Canada, slang, uncountable Government
financial assistance , particularlyemployment insurance .
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- noun money received from the state
Etymologies
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Examples
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Even in St. John's, Nfld., which is routinely labelled the pogey capital of Canada, roughly half of the unemployed can't get employment insurance.
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Secondly, Atlantic Canadians did seem to happily receive extended "pogey" benefits last year.
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James Bow suggests we are headed for inevitable deficit spending since all those laid off workers will be on pogey.
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James Bow suggests we are headed for inevitable deficit spending since all those laid off workers will be on pogey.
We’re "Going" To Have A Deficit « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
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Bring wine and cheese…we are, after all pogey libruls. :o
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Why should we whine that our sister Alberta is getting goodies, when in fact we already get billions in special tax expenditures, economic agencies, and equalization--pogey for provinces.
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"We bribe [the maintenance guys] with sodas and pogey bait [chips, snacks] and try to do them favors."
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So we got our baby bonus, pensions and pogey, some hospitals and schools, and in the end not so much has changed after all.
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"It''s the biggest thing to happen in The Land Cod Forgot since the invention of the pogey cheque - Newfoundland''s native son Brad Gushue will represent Canada in curling at the 2006 Olympics in Turin," he wrote.
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"It''s the biggest thing to happen in The Land Cod Forgot since the invention of the pogey cheque - Newfoundland''s native son Brad Gushue will represent Canada in curling at the 2006 Olympics in Turin," he wrote.
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