bludge

 
Pronunciation: /blʌdʒ/
Australian/NZ informal

verb

[no object]
  • shirk responsibility and live off the efforts of others: they were sick of bludging on the public
  • [with object] cadge or scrounge: the girls bludged smokes

noun

  • an easy job or assignment: that night shift must be the biggest bludge on earth

Origin:

late 19th century: back-formation from bludger