dolebludgerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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

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.