英语词汇“sit-down money”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sit-down money n. (a) U.S. (a depreciative term for) a welfare allowance paid to unemployed military veterans returning to civilian life after the Second World War (rare); (b) Australian (in Australian Aboriginal usage) unemployment or welfare benefits.

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1949 Chester (Pa.) Times 17 June 2/1 Rankin indicated..that his committee will not consider bills to keep alive the ‘readjustment allowance’ under which ex-GI's without jobs can draw $20 a week for up to 52 weeks. ‘There is a lot of opposition to any continuation of this sit-down money’ he told a reporter.

1976 Canberra Times 17 Mar. 10/7 Government living allowances—what the Aborigines called ‘sit-down money’.

1993 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 16 Sept. Tribal elder Mr Danny Colson says his people do not want ‘sit-down’ money. ‘We're just about sick of handouts... We are sick of paternalism.’

2010 R. Skelton King Brown Country vii. 82 Big card games..usually took place on government payday, when sit-down money and mining royalties flowed into bank accounts.

单词	sit-down money
释义	> as lemmas sit-down money sit-down money n. (a) U.S. (a depreciative term for) a welfare allowance paid to unemployed military veterans returning to civilian life after the Second World War (rare); (b) Australian (in Australian Aboriginal usage) unemployment or welfare benefits. ΚΠ 1949 Chester (Pa.) Times 17 June 2/1 Rankin indicated..that his committee will not consider bills to keep alive the ‘readjustment allowance’ under which ex-GI's without jobs can draw $20 a week for up to 52 weeks. ‘There is a lot of opposition to any continuation of this sit-down money’ he told a reporter. 1976 Canberra Times 17 Mar. 10/7 Government living allowances—what the Aborigines called ‘sit-down money’. 1993 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 16 Sept. Tribal elder Mr Danny Colson says his people do not want ‘sit-down’ money. ‘We're just about sick of handouts... We are sick of paternalism.’ 2010 R. Skelton King Brown Country vii. 82 Big card games..usually took place on government payday, when sit-down money and mining royalties flowed into bank accounts. extracted from sit-downn.adj. < as lemmas
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