Search Details

Word: bludgers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Bludger: A malingering, insolent or otherwise lazy person who shirks their duties. Can also be used as an adjective in an academic context similar to “gut” (e.g., Justice is such a bludge...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Australian Slang from A to Zed | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...integral part of wizardry culture, the game—for all you muggles out there—consists of three Chasers that score points by passing the Quaffle ball, one Keeper that acts as a goalie, two Beaters that protect their team from their opponent’s Bludger balls and most importantly, a Seeker, who pursues the Golden Snitch. A tiny golden orb that flies at breakneck speed, the winged snitch is the center of any Quidditch match, for after it is captured, the game is over...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Do You Believe in Magic? | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

...bludger is a sleazy hood, Flat stoney is broke as can be. Bokker means it's bloody good, And a basket of oranges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 11, 1957 | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

Poor little tug, he's a dead bird for that no-hope shicer (John McCullum) who keeps the local rubbedy, where the cow-cockies and swaggies get shickered up on Saturday night. He's chronic, that man, a bit of a bludger, and maybe even a tea leaf. He not only smoodges Smiley into some mauldy business with the abos, but before you know it, he's up to putty with the new schoolteacher (Jocelyn Hernfield)-now there's a basket of oranges!-whom he would obviously like to blackbird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 25, 1957 | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

| 1 |