Adjective : pogey shoes. From Dictionary.com.
Even in St. John's, Nfld., which is routinely labelled the pogey capital of Canada, roughly half of the unemployed can't get employment insurance. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Secondly, Atlantic Canadians did seem to happily receive extended "pogey" benefits last year. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: Pogey for Provinces] Reference
Bring wine and cheese…we are, after all pogey libruls. :o. From Wordnik.com. [I’m Sure It Will Surprise Everyone That Bill O’Reilly Selectively Edited His NN09 Piece | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
Many of the new troops came ashore with a large supply of chocolate bars, prime “pogey bait” for the Marines. From Wordnik.com. [The Do-or-Die Men] Reference
James Bow suggests we are headed for inevitable deficit spending since all those laid off workers will be on pogey. From Wordnik.com. [We’re "Going" To Have A Deficit « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
So we got our baby bonus, pensions and pogey, some hospitals and schools, and in the end not so much has changed after all. From Wordnik.com. [Danny Williams: the problem of being known] Reference
Therefore: "Buddy got his pogey, picked up a few points of Keets and got right fuckin' out of 'er" is a very common local sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: TALKIN' CAPE BRETON.] Reference
Over the years, those of us not blessed to be born on the Rock have sent countless cakes its way in the form of equalization payments, pogey, and various hare-brained make-work schemes. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: Wente vs. Newfoundland] Reference
Why should we whine that our sister Alberta is getting goodies, when in fact we already get billions in special tax expenditures, economic agencies, and equalization--pogey for provinces. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: Pogey for Provinces] Reference
The Raiders, who had to endure the concoctions of “amateur” chefs for three weeks, greeted their long-lost comrades with wild applause, doubly so because they brought along with them some food, “pogey bait” and a good supply of cigarettes. From Wordnik.com. [The Do-or-Die Men] Reference
Bloc pushes to eliminate wait times to collect pogey. From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Sun] Reference
Thanks to the Liberals, who were the ones who ruined pogey. From Wordnik.com. [Macleans.ca] Reference
People at home aren't sitting on their butts waiting for a pogey cheque from mother Ottawa. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
The pogey-collecting Canadian sunning himself on a Florida beach was an obvious overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [570News - All News Radio] Reference
I think I've contributed to Canada as they would have wished - only a brief time on pogey and no time in prison. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
I hear that phoney Charest talking about cooperation but in the end he is the same as all Quebecois who want as much pogey as they can get while giving the ROC the finger. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
Most of these were occupied by loggers and fishermen who needed a home out of season, or while they collected pogey, or while they slaked a thirst that prevented them from affording fancier digs. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
At first glance, the Conservative government's plan to let self-employed Canadians collect Employment Insurance benefits conjures images of clever entrepreneurs laying themselves off for a couple of months of fruity drinks down on pogey beach. From Wordnik.com. [Winnipeg Sun] Reference
Economic Background • no province had unemployment insurance • some Canadians could get help when they lost their jobs, by going to municipal governments (town and city level) for relief relief: social assistance - in the 1930s, it was also called "going on the pogey,". From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Then again, it’s a New Day in America, Rumsfeld is on pogey, Britney isgetting divorced,and the Democrats have arisen afterspending their last severalMidterms in darkness. From Wordnik.com. [V for “Visits Washington”: rally alert November 14th! « raincoaster] Reference
Getting pogey?. From Wordnik.com. [i did it] Reference
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