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dole (v.)[dole 词源字典]: "hand out charity," mid-15c., from dole (n.). Doled; doling.[dole etymology, dole origin, 英语词源]
hand-out (n.): also handout, hand out, 1882, "alms or food given to a beggar," hobo slang, from the verbal phrase; see hand (v.) + out (adv.). Meaning "distributed printed informational matter" is from 1927.