pancrack
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Social security, especially as paid to the unemployed; the dole.
British usage; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It is Pancrack day or so they call it. Dole money or social security which is often more for those who have done no work at all . . . ."
- "She had saved it out of her social security money: the "pancrack" as she contemptuously called it."
- ""I'll go on the pancrack," I told the foreman, but when I got to the dole office they told me I wouldn't need to sign on."
Usage
- British usage
- Slang
- Uncountable