“Oi, get off your backside and help me out you bludger!” BEGINNING AS London criminal slang from ‘bludgeoner’ (recorded from 1856), bludger meant a pimp who bludgeons (beats with a stick) prostitutes’ ...
It’s an ugly word. Bludger. It came to us with the convicts. It meant a pimp – a scoundrel from the gin-soaked back lanes of London who lived on the earnings of a prostitute, sometimes wielding a ...
When Joe Hockey argues against dole-bludgers is he talking about individuals - or the entire welfare state? Alan Porritt/AAP Bludgers are back, and with them their traditional sparring partners, the ...
This week, Sunrise presenter Natalie Barr was brutally shamed after using the term ‘dole bludger’ on air. But whether Australia’s sensitive souls want to accept it or not is moot — dole bludgers are ...
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