2. Noun. (Australia New Zealand slang) Easy work. ¹
3. Verb. (Australia obsolete slang) To live off the earnings of a prostitute. ¹
4. Verb. (Australia New Zealand slang) To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working. ¹
5. Verb. (Australia New Zealand slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform. ¹
6. Verb. (Australia New Zealand slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done. ¹
7. Verb. (Australia New Zealand slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bludge
1. to avoid work [v BLUDGED, BLUDGING, BLUDGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bludge
Literary usage of Bludge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"K. Paulding, ' John Bull in America,' p. 198 (Lond.). bludge barrels. What these
were is uncertain. The expression is not known at the Admiralty, Whitehall. ..."
2. The Electro-plating and Electro-refining of Metals by Alexander Watt (1902)
"Weight of Anode bludge Obtained.—The weight of anode sludge obtained in any ...
Treatment of Anode bludge.—The method of treating the anode sludge must vary ..."
3. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"In a moment ' house was surrounded by hundreds of people shaking bludge( and
bellowing curses. The fugitive's life was saved by a co pany of the ..."
4. Recollections of a Lifetime: Or Men and Things I Have Seen ; in a Series of by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1856)
"said the people. It was Edward Payson, afterwards DD, of 1'ortland, one of the
most picas, devoted, and eloquent ministers of his day. Ho was born at bludge ..."
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