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Pogey

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pogynoun(eastern US dialects) menhaden (fish)
dolenoun(informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.

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dolenoun(informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
pogynoun(eastern US dialects) menhaden (fish)
baitnounAny substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
doghousenounAny small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
pigpennounSynonym of pigsty.
pokynoun(slang) Jail.
poguenoun(Ireland) A kiss.
pigstynoun(colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.
pogenounAlternative form of pogue (“soldier who is assigned administrative rather than combat duties”). [(Ireland) A kiss.]
piggynoun(childish) A pig (the animal).
pukeholenoun(derogatory, rare) Synonym of shithole (“very dirty or unpleasant place”).
booby-hatchnoun(nautical) A small hatchway in the deck of a ship.
podgenoun(UK, informal) A fat person.
booby housenoun(slang, derogatory) booby-hatch; lunatic asylum
peagoosenoun(obsolete) A fool; a simpleton.
stool pigeonnoun(slang) An informer to the authorities, especially one who gives up criminal associates.
trugging-housenoun(obsolete) A brothel.
pongonoun(British, military slang) A soldier.
paddocknoun(also figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
pigeonnoun(countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.

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