susso
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Meaning · English
Unemployment relief; welfare; the dole.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
Australian English
Examples
It was incomprehensible to me: Uncle Will, who had been refused ‘Susso’ in the Depression and told, instead, to go to the Aborigines Department for rations […] wanted to name his father as among the very first to ‘settle’ at Gebalup […]
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “susso” mean?
Unemployment relief; welfare; the dole.
Is “susso” formal or informal?
susso is generally slang.