pogeyn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊɡi/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊɡi/

Forms: 1800s– pogie, 1800s– pogy, 1900s– pogey.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare later pokey n.²

North American slang.

1. A hostel for the needy or disabled; a poorhouse; a local relief centre or welfare office. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc.

bead-housec1160

spittle?c1225

spittle-housec1315

maison dieu1354

almshouse1395

hospital14..

God's house1425

hospitality1571

townhouse1597

guest house1600

gifts1651

college1694

asylum1776

hospice1818

group home1873

pogey1891

1891 Contemp. Rev. Aug. ii. 255 Begging is called ‘battering for chewing’; railway brakemen, ‘brakies’; poorhouses, ‘pogies’.

1927 Amer. Speech June 387/2 A pogey is a poorhouse. Government homes for disabled veterans are also known as pogies.

1936 K. Mackenzie Living Rough 269 I was in the Pogey a couple of nights. It stinks.

1953 D. M. Le Bourdais Nation of North 211 Thousands of self-respecting workmen..sat at home while their wives made the dreary pilgrimage to the ‘pogie’.

1976 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 9 Jan. 1/1 Unemployment insurance has indeed come a long way since the days of the pogey houses of turn-of-the-century England.

2003 New Yorker (Nexis) 15 Sept. 50 A hundred thousand people were affected, many ending up in the poorhouses, county farms, veterans' homes, and pogeys that constituted the social safety net in those days.

2. Relief given to the needy from national or local funds; unemployment benefit. on (the) pogey: on the dole.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance

benefit1911

welfare benefit1913

welfare cheque1922

social security1943

pogey1954

entitlement programme1956

SS1963

social1966

welfare1970

social benefit1972

relief1995

1954 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 6 Jan. 4 The lass was entitled to go on the pogey so work shouldn't interfere with her necking.

1960 Maclean's 2 Apr. 54/2 Today unemployment-insurance payments are often referred to as pogey.

1964 H. T. Barker Ice Road 49 During the winter we lived on turnips, potatoes, canned clams and the pogy, and Mother and I would hook rugs for the tourist trade.

1976 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 6 Jan. 1/6 The Kingston area's fourth largest and fastest growing industry is unemployment insurance—pogey or, if you wish, the dole.

1992 C. Wilkins Wolf's Eye 37 God, you must have spent a fortune. Prawns. Artichokes. Lobster tails... You want me to end up on pogey?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pogey
释义	pogeyn. Brit. /ˈpəʊɡi/, U.S. /ˈpoʊɡi/ Forms: 1800s– pogie, 1800s– pogy, 1900s– pogey. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare later pokey n.² North American slang. 1. A hostel for the needy or disabled; a poorhouse; a local relief centre or welfare office. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. bead-housec1160 spittle?c1225 spittle-housec1315 maison dieu1354 almshouse1395 hospital14.. God's house1425 hospitality1571 townhouse1597 guest house1600 gifts1651 college1694 asylum1776 hospice1818 group home1873 pogey1891 1891 Contemp. Rev. Aug. ii. 255 Begging is called ‘battering for chewing’; railway brakemen, ‘brakies’; poorhouses, ‘pogies’. 1927 Amer. Speech June 387/2 A pogey is a poorhouse. Government homes for disabled veterans are also known as pogies. 1936 K. Mackenzie Living Rough 269 I was in the Pogey a couple of nights. It stinks. 1953 D. M. Le Bourdais Nation of North 211 Thousands of self-respecting workmen..sat at home while their wives made the dreary pilgrimage to the ‘pogie’. 1976 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 9 Jan. 1/1 Unemployment insurance has indeed come a long way since the days of the pogey houses of turn-of-the-century England. 2003 New Yorker (Nexis) 15 Sept. 50 A hundred thousand people were affected, many ending up in the poorhouses, county farms, veterans' homes, and pogeys that constituted the social safety net in those days. 2. Relief given to the needy from national or local funds; unemployment benefit. on (the) pogey: on the dole. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance benefit1911 welfare benefit1913 welfare cheque1922 social security1943 pogey1954 entitlement programme1956 SS1963 social1966 welfare1970 social benefit1972 relief1995 1954 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 6 Jan. 4 The lass was entitled to go on the pogey so work shouldn't interfere with her necking. 1960 Maclean's 2 Apr. 54/2 Today unemployment-insurance payments are often referred to as pogey. 1964 H. T. Barker Ice Road 49 During the winter we lived on turnips, potatoes, canned clams and the pogy, and Mother and I would hook rugs for the tourist trade. 1976 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 6 Jan. 1/6 The Kingston area's fourth largest and fastest growing industry is unemployment insurance—pogey or, if you wish, the dole. 1992 C. Wilkins Wolf's Eye 37 God, you must have spent a fortune. Prawns. Artichokes. Lobster tails... You want me to end up on pogey? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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