Meanings of small dole in English

But we passed three hours in that queue only to receive a small dole of filthy looking thin cabbage soup.

The remaining food was only adequate to give us one-half of our usual small dole, and we had to rest content therewith.

We were now without any provisions except a small dole of manioc roots each evening from Nyamoana, which, when eaten raw, produce poisonous effects.

We received no further rations that day until the evening, when another small dole of watery greasy coffee was handed round as in the morning.

At twelve we were treated to a small dole of skilly, the most execrable food I have ever tasted even in a German prison camp.