dole cupboard

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noun

a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.

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Origin of dole cupboard

First recorded in 1905–10

But locals there say any money deposited is thrown into an unlocked cupboard behind the tellers, hardly inspiring confidence.
ISIS’s Futile Quest to Go Legit|Jamie Dettmer|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Sneaker and clothing brands routinely dole out buckets of dough to drape their swag over popular cultural characters.
Would You Pay $100 For a 50 Cent Bulge? Men’s Undies Get Expensive|James Joiner|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They then become members of the ultra elite Unit 121, granted premium housing and a well-stocked cupboard.
Inside the ‘Surprisingly Great’ North Korean Hacker Hotel|Michael Daly|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was also involved in the origins of the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University.
This Republican Loved Taxes & Modern Art|Scott Porch|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

These labels matter, but so does our over-zealous urge to dole them out and endlessly dwell on them.
Lena Vs. The Feminist Police|Amy Zimmerman|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
There was the same cupboard that had been our mountain; here the same chairs that formed our ridges and our valleys.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
"Perry Thomas guessed he was an embezzler," said Tim, putting the last dish in the cupboard and sitting down to his pipe.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
They produced pumpernickel from one cupboard, and rye-bread and sausage from another, and all began to talk again and eat.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
He refilled his glass, and having looked in his cigarette-case, began to ransack a small cupboard.
Dope|Sax Rohmer