bludger
noun
1
a pimp; a man who lives off the earnings of a prostitute. This is the earliest sense of this word and derives from the obsolete British and early Australian slang 'bludgeoner' (a pimp who uses a bludgeon to rob people visiting his prostitute). They were also called 'stick slingers'. By 1900 the sense 'pimp' was well established. The strongly negative sense of sponging off others derives from the fundamental nature of the pimp AUSTRALIA, 1898.
2
a lazy person who does not do their fair share of work; a person who lives off another's hospitality AUSTRALIA, 1900.
3
a despicable person AUSTRALIA, 1906.
4
a stingy person who borrows rather than buys AUSTRALIA, 1972.
5
any person. Often in the phrase 'poor bludger' (a sorry individual) AUSTRALIA, 1969.
6
used jocularly or affectionately as a term of address to friends AUSTRALIA, 1960.
7
something which causes aggravation AUSTRALIA, 1992