bludger

/ (ˈblʌdʒə) /


nounAustralian and NZ informal
  1. a person who scrounges

  2. a person who avoids work

  1. a person in authority regarded as ineffectual by those working under him

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How to use bludger in a sentence

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

    In the Wrong Paradise | Andrew Lang
  • Before returning to business, the chiefs carefully inspected the black bottle, of which they had dispossessed William bludger.

    In the Wrong Paradise | Andrew Lang
  • I gave a hollow groan as these reflections passed through my mind, and this appeared to afford William bludger some consolation.

    In the Wrong Paradise | Andrew Lang
  • Him, however, they had treated hospitably, very unlike their contemplated behaviour to bludger and me.

    In the Wrong Paradise | Andrew Lang
  • A glance in the bow showed me what was the matter: William bludger was hopelessly intoxicated!

    In the Wrong Paradise | Andrew Lang