bludger
Britishnoun
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a person who scrounges
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a person who avoids work
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a person in authority regarded as ineffectual by those working under him
Example Sentences
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But let’s back up a second to help out those who can’t tell a bludger from a quaffle.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
He's chronic, that man, a bit of a bludger, and maybe even a tea leaf.
From Time Magazine Archive
He might be a dole bludger and a gambler and have the shonkiest tattoo in the world on his arm, but he’ll agree to almost anything.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
I put him down and laugh and make the old bludger a coffee, with plenty of sugar and milk.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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