dole bludger

noun

Etymology

From dole + bludger.

Definitions

  1. An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on…

    An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits.

    • As I said earlier, the Prime Minster and the Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs have unmercifully labelled sections of the unemployed as dole bludgers.
    • People who do not support the common good, such as dole bludgers (social security cheats) fall outside the mateship fold.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA