Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dole queue

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: dole queue
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

British usage

Example Sentences

"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"."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

dole queues (plural)

Questions

What does dole queue mean?: 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.

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