a person who scrounges a person who avoids work a person in authority regarded as ineffectual by those working under him or her
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bludge
(bluj),USA pronunciation v., bludged, bludg•ing, n. [Australian.]
v.t.
n.
bludg′er, n.
v.t.
- British Termsto shirk.
- British Termsto impose on (someone).
n.
- British Termsan easy task.
- 1915–20; false analysis of bludgeon (verb, verbal) gives phrase bludge on to impose on; back formation from bludgeon (noun, nominal) gives bludge (verb, verbal) to use a bludgeon, whence bludger bully, esp. a harlot's bully, pimp, hence shirker, whence bludge (verb, verbal) to shirk
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