dole n Cp O Sup² ~ sb¹ 6 a 'popular name for the various kinds of weekly payments...to the unemployed' (1919-). Attrib ~ bread, ~ flour: unrefined, enriched flour, ~ order: chit authorizing the provision of supplies to the needy.
   1979 PORTER 33 The Government allotted only brown flour to the people on relief, and the never-to-be-forgotten resentment toward 'dole bread' was widespread at that time. [1936] 1986 Evening Telegram 21 Nov, p. 6 SS Nova Scotia arrived from Liverpool [bringing] 33 passengers and a large general cargo including 10,000 sacks of dole flour. 1987 POWELL 52 The food that was stored at [Frenchman's Island] was of no help to them. The men had to go to Battle Harbour and get what was called 'dole order' from the Ranger.

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