on the bludge

on the bludge
Australian Slang
actively engaged in bludging; cadging for something; imposing on someone (backformation from "bludger")

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  • bludge — [c]/blʌdʒ / (say bluj) Colloquial –verb (bludged, bludging) –verb (i) 1. to evade responsibilities. 2. to be idle; do nothing: we spent Saturday just bludging around the house. 3. → pimp (def. 4). –verb (t) 4. to cadge. –noun 5. a job which… …  

  • bludge Austral./NZ — informal verb live off the efforts of others. ↘cadge or scrounge. noun an easy job or assignment. Origin C19: back form. from bludger …   English new terms dictionary

  • Bludge — 1. (originally) to pimp; live on the earnings of a prostitute; 2. to waste time, as lesson time or work time; 3. to cadge: Can I bludge a piece of your pie? ; 4. a job, task, etc. which entails next to no work: This class is an absolute bludge …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • bludge — I Australian Slang 1. (originally) to pimp; live on the earnings of a prostitute; 2. to waste time, as lesson time or work time; 3. to cadge: Can I bludge a piece of your pie? ; 4. a job, task, etc. which entails next to no work: This class is an …   English dialects glossary

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  • bludge — vb Australian to cadge, scrounge, shirk or loaf. Origi nally the word meant to bully and was a shortening of bludgeon. It later meant to live off immoral earnings. The word, which has given rise to the more com mon bludger, was introduced to… …   Contemporary slang

  • bludge — 1. noun a) The act of bludging. b) Easy work. 2. verb a) To avoid ones responsibilities. b) To do nothing, to be idle. Syn: idle …   Wiktionary

  • bludge — v. shirk, avoid work, avoid responsibility; live off the efforts of others n. (New Zealand and Australia) easy job, easy task, easy assignment …   English contemporary dictionary

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