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bludger

/ ˈblʌdʒə /

noun

  1. a person who scrounges
  2. a person who avoids work
  3. a person in authority regarded as ineffectual by those working under him
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

What a blow to all my hopes was the wholly unlooked-for arrival of this tipsy, irreclaimable seaman, this unawakened Bill Bludger!

Before returning to business, the chiefs carefully inspected the black bottle, of which they had dispossessed William Bludger.

I gave a hollow groan as these reflections passed through my mind, and this appeared to afford William Bludger some consolation.

Him, however, they had treated hospitably, very unlike their contemplated behaviour to Bludger and me.

A glance in the bow showed me what was the matter: William Bludger was hopelessly intoxicated!

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