doleite

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noun

Somebody on the dole, receiving government welfare for unemployment.

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Meanings

noundoleite (plural doleites)

plural doleites

  1. informalSomebody on the dole, receiving government welfare for unemployment.

    He was a poet and from a completely different class than us bunch of working-class doleites[…]

    2011, Jon Gaunt, Undaunted: The True Story Behind the Popular Shock-Jock
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    Ordinary out-of-school youth make a similar distinction between themselves and the slapheads, doleites or dossers.

    2005, Monica Barry, Youth Policy And Social Inclusion, page 123

Origin

From dole + -ite.

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APA

doleite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doleite

MLA

“doleite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doleite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doleite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doleite.

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