Its always associated with hand outs and to dole something out but where does the meaning come from.
Maybe

Department
Of
Layabouts
Establishment......:hihi:

Probably not.

its short for doleskum

which i was the king of

sadly not any more :(

According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article on Dole, the word dole, meaning a charitable distribution of food and money, derives from Old English dal, from which we also get the word deal.

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Originally posted by Cycleracer
Its always associated with hand outs and to dole something out but where does the meaning come from.
Maybe

Department
Of
Layabouts
Establishment......:hihi:

Probably not. Could also stand for; Don't Overly Like Earning:D

Originally posted by melthebell
its short for doleskum

which i was the king of

sadly not any more :(


I can confirm you really was Doleskum ;)

now you're a tax paying capitalist - I bet you drive a volvo

I always thought it came from 'doling' out benefit payments.....

I am sure that when I lived in Norfolk, there was an expression of 'doling out some money' which would enforce cgksheff and their findings.