Meaning of dole bludger | Babel Free
Definitions
An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits.
Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang
Examples
“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⟳.”
“1997, Noel Pearson, Shifting Ground Indeed, in 2011, Up from the Mission: Selected Writings, page 73, So from day one of the new government we saw⟳ a sustained orgy of divisiveness and meanness about immigration, Aborigines and dole bludgers.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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