on the pancrack

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === pancrack (uncountable) (UK, slang) Social security, especially as paid to the unemployed; the dole. 1971, Delta: A Literary Review from Cambridge, Issues 49-54, p. 38 (Google snippet view): It is Pancrack day or so they call it. Dole money or social security which is often more for those who have done no work at all . . . . ==== Synonyms ====