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What does pogey mean?

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Noun
  1. (chiefly historical, countable) A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc.
  2. (Canada, slang, uncountable, often with the) Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance.
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Had not the wind been at their backs, whistling from the north, the passage of pogey Notch would have proved a savage encounter.
Employee theft, depending on the culture of the workplace, private or public, could also seem as Canadian as easy pogey.
Mr. Wade has left the top of the mountain with the girl, and will meet Mr. Barrett to the south of pogey Notch.
Now Pogey shoved his plate onto the occasional table at his end of the sofa.
At last pogey Notch had begun to suck at the raging fires with its granite lips.
Their route lay through pogey, and Wade would be there ready to captain them.

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