"dole merchant" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dole merchants",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dole merchant (plural dole merchants)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 15, Ken McCoy, Two Rings For Rosie, Hachette UK",
          "text": "'So long as yer not a dole merchant. I've had dole merchants afore an' they're nowt but trouble.' It took Rosie less than a week to cause trouble. She'd gone to bed early to save money on the electric fire. Where they'd been hibernating[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who does not contribute to society and who lives off welfare."
      ],
      "id": "en-dole_merchant-en-noun-Ho19RTqS",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "welfare",
          "welfare"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ireland, slang, derogatory) A person who does not contribute to society and who lives off welfare."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dole merchant"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dole merchants",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dole merchant (plural dole merchants)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 15, Ken McCoy, Two Rings For Rosie, Hachette UK",
          "text": "'So long as yer not a dole merchant. I've had dole merchants afore an' they're nowt but trouble.' It took Rosie less than a week to cause trouble. She'd gone to bed early to save money on the electric fire. Where they'd been hibernating[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who does not contribute to society and who lives off welfare."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "welfare",
          "welfare"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ireland, slang, derogatory) A person who does not contribute to society and who lives off welfare."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dole merchant"
}