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dole queue

noun

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  1. Historically a queue to receive the dole (unemployment benefit), now used in reference to…

    Historically a queue to receive the dole (unemployment benefit), now used in reference to the number of people who are unemployed and claiming state benefit.

    • It has taken people off the dole queue, and its online jobseekers board is updated daily.
    • Wadebridge area railwaymen were reported in the local press as "worried", while National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) Wadebridge branch secretary W J Hambly believed "the rail closures will mean dole queues at the Labour Exchange for many".

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