Bludger

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot. Australia, slang

    "Oscar pondered for a while, then said, "Oh, but halfcastes don't seem to be any good at all. All the men here are loafers and bludgers, the women practically all whores.""

  2. 2
    a slightly deflated dodge ball that is batted at by beaters wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight. Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang

    "If she is doing the work of two parents because her husband has died or left her or is violent and has driven her and the kids from home, then suddenly she is a bludger."

  4. 4
    A widespread species of large marine fish, Carangoides gymnostethus, in the jack family, Carangidae.
  5. 5
    A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.

Etymology

Corruption of bludgeoner.

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