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bludger
noun- a pimp; a man who lives off the earnings of a prostitute AUSTRALIA, 1898
This is the earliest sense of this word and derives from the obsolete British and early Australian slang “bludgeoner” (a pimp who uses a bludgeon to rob people visiting his prostitute). From 1856 in the UK, c.1882 in Australia (Sydney Slang Dictionary). They were also called “stick slingers”. By 1900 the sense “pimp” was well established. The strongly negative sense of sponging off others derives from the fundamental nature of the pimp. - Wot you got is a couple of big fat bludgers who will knock me on the ’ead an’ take me money. — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 70, 1945
- He sees himself not as a lowly pimp or “bludger”, but as a big-time operator[.] — James Holledge, The Call-girl in Australia, p. 107, 1964
- Drunks, petty crims, bludgers and a few alcoholic or amphet pill addicted musicians. — Kevin Mackey, The Cure, p. 74, 1970
- a lazy person who does not do their fair share of work; a person who lives off another’s hospitality AUSTRALIA, 1900
- But if you are ever told you are a “bludger”, go home. A bludger is the worst thing you can be in Australia. It means that you are criminally lazy, that you “pole on yer mates”, that you are a “piker”–a mean, contemptible, miserable individual — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 203, 1957
- Geddup, you skulkin’ bludger. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 76, 1961
- “Weren’t you scared you still mightn’t get a job?” “Not me, baby, I’m not one of those bludgers.” — Jenny Pausacker, What are ya?, p. 45, 1987
- “If ya got off ya lardarse an’ got a job, Lardarse, you’d be denying a young person a job.” “Yeah, long-harired, lay-about bludgers! Ha! Ha ha! Ha!” — Carter and Rydyr, Sick Puppy, p. 10, 1998
- He told me a bludger is a lazy cunt who does fuck-all. — Brian Preston, Pot Planet, p. 90, 2002
- a despicable person AUSTRALIA, 1906
- “The bludgers!” Windy expostulated. “A whole week! Sure they can spare it?” — J.E. MacDonnell, Don’t Gimme the Ships, p. 45, 1960
- I don’t suppose it’s easy to put up with an old bludger like me. — Alexander Buzo, Norm and Ahmed, p. 23, 1969
- I’ll get square with you bludgers, if it’s the last thing I ever do. — Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, p. 82, 1982
- To make matters worse, he was laughing his head off, the little bludger. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 40, 1994
- a stingy person who borrows rather than buys AUSTRALIA
- The great Australian cadger, the Bludger is out for anything he can get–and never return. — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 30, 1972
- any person AUSTRALIA
Often in the phrase “poor bludger” (a sorry individual). - Now suppose a man here in this country found himself as hard up as some of those poor bludgers in Pakistan. — Geoff Wyatt, Saltwater Saints, p. 86, 1969
- — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 39, 1995
- Well, by the time I got the shopping upstairs, the useless bludger had fallen off onto the roof of the alcove, smashed thirty or forty tiles, pulled the guttering off as well, and hit the terracotta tiles on the ground–breaking a dozen of them as well. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 134, 1995
- used jocularly or affectionately as a term of address to friends AUSTRALIA
- “There you are, you old bludger,” he greeted amicably. — J.E. MacDonnell, Don’t Gimme the Ships, p. 21, 1960
- something which causes aggravation AUSTRALIA
- [He] was too interested in landing his fish to take a great deal of notice. “Yeah, hold on a second,” he grunted. “I’ve nearly got this bludger.” — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 321, 1992
- In the end I found five of the bludgers [funnel-web spiders] in there, including two in the skimmer box. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 163, 1995
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