pogey 的 2 个定义
plural po·geys.
- Slang.Also pogy. a package of food, candy, or other treats sent to a child at boarding school, a person in an institution, etc.candy or a treat.
- Canadian Slang. an institution maintained by private charities or government funds for the housing of the aged, sick, orphaned, or feeble-minded; an old-age home, charity hospital, orphanage, or the like.any form of charity or government relief.unemployment insurance provided by the government.
Canadian Slang.
- of, relating to, or obtained through charity or government relief: pogey shoes.
pogey 近义词
等同于 welfare
等同于 weal
更多pogey例句
- That fire threatened Enchanted, once it should sweep through the chimney draught of Pogey Notch.
- “And if they can get enough men ahead of it perhaps they can stop it in Pogey Notch,” Lane concluded.
- Mr. Wade has left the top of the mountain with the girl, and will meet Mr. Barrett to the south of Pogey Notch.
- And roaring a good-natured cheer over their shoulders, the “Busters” filed away into the mouth of Pogey Notch.
- Had not the wind been at their backs, whistling from the north, the passage of Pogey Notch would have proved a savage encounter.