Definitions For Bludger
Noun
BLUDGER (plural BLUDGERs) (Australia, slang) A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot. 1966, Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, chapter VI, section 3, page 129—mentions an 1882 record of the "pimp" usage From 1856. (Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory) A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull one's weight, pull their weight. From 1919.Derived terms
dole bludgerRelated terms
bludgeEtymology
Corruption of bludgeoner. , entry in Online Etymology Dictionary"bludger", entry in 2009, Susan Butler, The Dinkum Dictionary: The Origins of Australian Words, —Originally the ‘bludger’ was the lowest of the low because he was a man who lived on the earnings of a prostitute. He protected these earnings by his use of a bludgeon—‘bludger’ is a shortened form of ‘bludgeoner’. Although ‘bludgeoner in this sense was known in the mid-1800s in British English, the specific meaning of pimp seems to have developed in Australian English and been current up to the 1950s.See also
freeloader free riderAnagrams
Ludbreg, burgledIs Bludger a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
15
The word Bludger is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends