Meaning of dole queue | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

UK

Examples

“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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