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

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dolehead

Source Word

dolehead

IPA(Pronunciation)

Ireland slang

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

Japanese Meaning

（主にアイルランドのスラング）仕事を求めない意志を持ち、政府の失業手当で生活している無職の人

After years of refusing to look for work, his neighbors called him a dolehead.

何年も仕事を探すことを拒んでいたため、近所の人たちは彼を失業手当で生活し、就職するつもりのない失業者だと呼んだ。

Sense（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.

doleheads

（ plural ）