dole bludgerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From dole + bludger.

発音

名詞

dole bludger (複数形 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.
   • 1981, Australian Senate, Parliamentary Debates, Senate Weekly Hansard‎^[1], volume 88, page 697:

     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.

名詞

dolebludger (複数形 dolebludgers)

1. Alternative spelling of dole bludger.

参照

• http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/ozwords/November_98/7._dinkum.htm
• ABC Radio National, 1999, Lingua Franca, "Australian English: Australian Identity..."
• Australian Word Map
• ABC National Radio, "Mate, What Next?
• Macquarie Dictionary
• World English Organisation