"on the brew" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the brew, {{en-PP}} on the brew
  1. (slang) On the dole; receiving unemployment benefit. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-on_the_brew-en-prep_phrase-fKz5crlH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2017, Lynda Collins, Jo Zebedee, M. Rush, Ghosts in the Glass and Other Stories, page 216",
          "text": "Lost her job like so many others. It's hard to get jobs in retail these days, there's a lot of shops closing down. Senga's signed on the brew, but hopefully something will come up.",
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