bludge
Americanverb (used with object)
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to shirk.
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to impose on (someone).
noun
verb
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to scrounge from (someone)
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(intr) to evade work
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archaic (intr) to act as a pimp
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of bludge
1915–20; false analysis of bludgeon (v.) gives phrase bludge on to impose on; back formation from bludgeon (noun) gives bludge (v.) to use a bludgeon, whence bludger bully, especially a harlot's bully, pimp, hence shirker, whence bludge (v.) to shirk
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"What were you doing, you naughty children?" said Edith, as she wiped the "bludge" from Willy's lips, and found that it came from a very small scratch, while Janet was scarcely hurt at all.
From Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 by Various
They thought he was sitting in there bludging.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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