bludger
noun[C]
Australian Englishinformaluk/ˈblʌdʒ.ər/us/ˈblʌdʒ.ɚ/someone who relies on theeffortsof otherpeopleandwantsto have things withoutworkingfor them:
游手好闲的人;懒货,懒骨头PeoplethoughtI waslazyand a bludger.人们认为我很懒,是个游手好闲的人。
- Peoplethinkif a manstaysathomeand issupportedby hiswifehe must be aweakspecimen, a bludger or such.
- What did he do before? "I was just adolebludger really," helaughs.
- With everyonetalkingaboutworking, I'mfeelinglike a bludger.
- Ifinditquitedisgustingthatemployersreadilyassumeif you're offworksickyou're just a bludger.
Laziness and lazy people
- bone idleidiom
- bum around
- CBA
- clock-watcher
- clock-watching
- indolently
- layabout
- lazily
- laziness
- lazy
- lie
- shiftless
- shirker
- skiver
- slacker
- slackness
- time-serving
- unambitious
- vegetable
- work-shy