dole merchant

somebody who is unemployed and lives off benefits, and may not be actively seeking work

used in similar tone to describing a bin man as a "waste management consultant"

"What are you going to be when you grow older?"
- "A dole merchant, obviously"

by DSelby March 5, 2007

Dole Merchant

Usually people living in city's and towns who do p nothing only cause trouble. Are on "benefits", unemployed and are not seeking work.

The town is covered in dole merchants.

You're man's only a dole merchant, does nothing while i break my back working hard on the farm.

by Agrilawd May 16, 2021