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dole bludgers

dole bludgers is the plural of dole bludger.

Meaning of dole bludger

Noun

dole bludger (plural dole bludgers)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang) 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.1981, Australian Senate, Parliamentary Debates, Senate Weekly Hansard, volume 88, page 697

Questions about dole bludgers

What is dole bludgers the plural of?
Dole bludgers is the plural of dole bludger.

Words near dole bludgers in the dictionary

  1. doldrum
  2. doldrums
  3. Dolds
  4. dole
  5. dole bludger
  6. dole bludgers
  7. dole bread
  8. dole breads
  9. Dole effect
  10. Dole effects
  11. dole head

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