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bludge verb- to live off another’s hospitality AUSTRALIA, 1899
A back formation from bludger. Usually with “on”, though since the 1960s also with “off”. - You come out here bludging on Uncle Matt when he gave Mum a home. — Kylie Tennant, The Honey Flow, p. 133, 1956
- “Bludge off me then,” Kestrel said coldly. “Not off your mates. I’ll make sure you work for it.” — Randolph Stow, Tourmaline, p. 44, 1963
- She was bludging off an Austudy house full of dishwashers and mop jockeys. — John Birmingham, He Died With a Felafel in his Hand, p. 119, 1994
- to borrow something; to cadge something NEW ZEALAND, 1945
- He’s over there wingeing because he can’t bludge a drink[.] — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- And they spent every living minute trying to get into her and her girlfriends’ pants while bludging money from them at the same time. — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 27, 1992
- [I]’ve seen them bludging meals from the Krishnas. — John Birmingham, He Died With a Felafel in his Hand, p. 6, 1994
- — Harry Orsman, A Dictionary of Modern New Zealand Slang, p. 13, 1999
- to relax, especially when there is work to be done AUSTRALIA, 1942
- All you have is a king size hangover and you are lucky as a chow you aren’t in the hoosegow instead of bludging in comfort in a hospital. — John Wynnum, Jiggin’ in the Riggin’, p. 55, 1965
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