bludgernoun [ C ]
/ˈblʌdʒ.ər//ˈblʌdʒ.ɚ/Australian English informalsomeone who relies on the efforts of other people and wants to have things without working for them:
People thought I was lazy and a bludger.
More examples
- People think if a man stays at home and is supported by his wife he must be a weak specimen, a bludger or such.
- What did he do before? "I was just a dole bludger really," he laughs.
- With everyone talking about working, I'm feeling like a bludger.
- I find it quite disgusting that employers readily assume if you're off work sick you're just a bludger.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Laziness and lazy people
- bone idle idiom
- bum around
- CBA
- clock-watching
- couch potato
- deadbeat
- doss
- idle
- inertia
- lazy
- lazybones
- lie down on the job idiom
- loafer
- lotus-eater
- skiver
- slacker
- slackness
- slob
- sloth
- slug
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