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bludger

noun

Definition of bludger

chiefly Australian & New Zealand

as in leech

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Noun

Yes, tap water is lower in microplastics than most bottled water, but bottling that tap water in plastic means microplastics leech into it.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026
The fact is that leeches are relished by everything from walleyes and bass to trout and all the panfish.

— Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026

Definition of leech

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Kim’s laboratory previously discovered that molten bismuth can act like a chemical sponge, cleanly capturing rare-earth elements out of liquid salts.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
For instance, at what point are there enough openings in a sponge for a liquid to flow through?

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026

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But the decision to portray an unemployed moocher as a young, white, cheeseball-chomping gamer named Brad upset some conservative commentators last week.

— Laura Turbay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
But the decision to portray an unemployed moocher as a young, White, cheeseball-chomping gamer named Brad upset some conservative commentators last week.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of moocher

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He’s surrounded by hangers-on, speaks with an oblique, affectless wisdom, and is named Harlow (rearrange the letters).

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
In late August, the hotel turns into a red-carpet event for celebrities, stars of the silver screen, and various hangers-on at the Venice Film Festival to which the Excelsior is inexorably linked, now enjoying its 10th decade.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of hanger-on

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After Blake Street Cemetery stopped accepting new burials in 1931, New Haven began relying on another paupers’ cemetery located on Woodin Street.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
That honest job has, across four generations, fed prime ministers and paupers, cooked for the King and Queen, and quietly funded a one-man legal aid service for survivors of abuse.

— Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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