welfare bum

plural welfare bums

1. CanadaUSderogatoryinformalA person whose source of income is government public assistance payments, especially one who is lazy and unwilling to work.

   He also told Sewap to “get a job and stop being a welfare bum.”

   2014 December 1, Larissa Burnouf, “Saskatoon landlord tells First Nations woman to kill herself when applying for apartment”, in APTN News, Canada, retrieved 09 Nov 2015

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   The program also can shatter once and for all that "welfare bum" myth that has served as an excuse to avoid obligation and sacrifice to aid unfortunate people.

   1971 June 22, “New Welfare Plan”, in Palm Beach Post, US, retrieved 09 Nov 2015, page A14

   Welfare has long been scorned by those who see only the "welfare bum," able to work but preferring to sit home and collect a government check.

   1982 May 25, “Making Welfare Work”, in Schenectady Gazette, US, retrieved 09 Nov 2015, page 26

   Marin, who receives $576 a month in family benefits, says she has to get groceries from a food bank every month to survive. . . . "The other kids tell my kid: ‘Your mother's a welfare bum.’"

   1986 November 14, Jacquie Miller, “Single mothers use song, skit to plead for higher family benefits”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 09 Nov 2015, page 26

   Synonyms: welfare parasite