/'pəυgɪ/ /'pəυgɪ/
noun
1: A hostel or poor-house; a welfare office. (1891 —) .
2: Welfare relief for the needy; unemployment benefit. (1954 —) .
Time Said a jobless Hamilton steelworker, father of six children: 'Why should I sweat for $40 a week? I'm getting more than that from the pogey, the welfare and the baby bonus (1961).
[Of unknown origin.]
| poena, pod, pocketbook | |
| pogey bait, poggle(d), pogo |
