Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Ireland, slang)An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits.

    Paddy was a dolehead who was too lazy to ever work a day in his life.

Origin

From dole + head.

From dole + head.

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Forms

plural: doleheads

Word family

2 related words

See also

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