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bludge
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bludge [blʌdʒ] Austral and NZ informal
vb
1. (when intr, often foll by on) to scrounge from (someone)
2. (intr) to evade work
3. (intr) Archaic to act as a pimp
n
a very easy task; undemanding employment
[back formation from slang bludger pimp, from bludgeon]
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bludge
verb (Austral. & N.Z. informal) slack, skive (Brit. informal), idle, shirk, gold-brick (U.S. slang), bob off (Brit. slang), scrimshank (Brit. military slang) He was sacked for bludging on the job.


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So we have a choice: we can carry on celebrating individualism and self-sufficiency while bludging off women who provide unpaid care for others; or we can create a new system where care for others is deemed as important as paid work and people recognise their interdependence.
You learn in the first episode of Doc Martin that Ellingham's sense of purpose is unusually well developed when a bludging village dog tries to attach itself to him.
I get along very well with my parents, there's no problem in that department but I feel that, at 22, you shouldn't still be bludging off your parents.
 
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