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dolehead

noun
/ˈdɔʊ̯lhɛd/

Etymology

From dole + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as dolehead — “dole + head”

Definitions

  1. An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on…

    An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits.

    • Paddy was a dolehead who was too lazy to ever work a day in his life.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA