dole : Idioms & Phrases

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Dole beer

  • beer bestowed as alms. Obs.
Webster 1913

Dole bread

  • bread bestowed as alms. Obs.
Webster 1913

Dole meadow

  • a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.
Webster 1913

dole out

  • verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
    dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; distribute; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
    • administer critical remarks to everyone present
    • dole out some money
    • shell out pocket money for the children
    • deal a blow to someone
    • the machine dispenses soft drinks
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