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dolebludger

dolebludger is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of dolebludger

pluraldolebludgers

Origin of dolebludger

The first recorded use of dolebludger was in North Queensland.

Questions about dolebludger

What is dolebludger the alternative spelling of?
Dolebludger is the alternative spelling of dole bludger.

Words near dolebludger in the dictionary

  1. dole merchant
  2. dole merchants
  3. dole out
  4. dole queue
  5. dole queues
  6. dolebludger
  7. dolebludgers
  8. doled
  9. doled out
  10. doleful
  11. dolefuler

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