dole cupboard

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

Words nearby dole cupboard

dolce vita, dolcelatte, doldrums, dole, dole bludger, dole cupboard, doleful, dolente, dolerite, dolesome, dolgellau
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