Tramp vs Bludger - What's the difference?

Tramp is a related term of bludger.

As nouns the difference between tramp and bludger

is that tramp is (pejorative) a homeless person, a vagabond while bludger is (australia|slang|obsolete) a pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot 1966 , sidney j baker, the australian language'', second edition, chapter vi, section 3, page 129—''mentions an 1882 record of the "pimp" usage .

As a verb tramp

is to walk with heavy footsteps.

tramp

English

Noun

(en noun)

(pejorative) A homeless person, a vagabond.

She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp .

(pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.

"I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp ."

"Claudia is such a tramp ; making out with all those men when she has a boyfriend."

Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.

* 1888 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), :

I was so happy on board that ship, I could not have believed it possible. We had the beastliest weather, and many discomforts; but the mere fact of its being a tramp -ship gave us many comforts; we could cut about with the men and officers, stay in the wheel-house, discuss all manner of things, and really be a little at sea.

* 1919 , Charles Fort, :

Then I think I conceive of other worlds and vast structures that pass us by, within a few miles, without the slightest desire to communicate, quite as tramp vessels pass many islands without particularizing one from another.

* 1924 , George Sutherland, :

Some of these are regular ocean liners; others are casual tramp ships.

* 1960 , (Lobsang Rampa), :

“Hrrumph,” said the Mate. “Get into uniform right away, we must have discipline here.” With that he stalked off as if he were First Mate on one of the Queens instead of just on a dirty, rusty old tramp ship.

(Australia, New Zealand) A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.

* 1968 , John W. Allen, It Happened in Southern Illinois , page 75:

The starting place for the tramp is reached over a gravel road that begins on Route 3 about a mile south of Gorham spur.

* 2005 , Paul Smitz, Australia & New Zealand on a Shoestring , Lonely Planet, page 734:

Speaking of knockout panoramas, if you?re fit then consider doing the taxing, winding, 8km tramp' up ' Mt Roy (1578m; five to six hours return), start 6km from Wanaka on Mt Aspiring Rd.

* 2006 , Marc Llewellyn, Lee Mylne, Frommer?s Australia from $60 a Day , page 186:

The 1½-hour tramp passes through banksia, gum, and wattle forests, with spectacular views of peaks and valleys.

, especially a very small one.

Synonyms

* (homeless person) bum, hobo, vagabond ** See also * (disreputable woman) See also * (type of ship) see * (long walk) bushwalk, hike, ramble, trek

Derived terms

* tramp ant * tramp stamp

Verb

(en verb)
To walk with heavy footsteps.

To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).

We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.

To hitchhike

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

To travel or wander through.

to tramp the country

(Scotland) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

(Jamieson)

Derived terms

* trample * tromp

References

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bludger
English

Noun
(en noun)
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot. 1966 , Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language'', second edition, chapter VI, section 3, page 129—''mentions an 1882 record of the "pimp" usage

* 1997 , Barbara Ann Sullivan, The Politics of Sex: Prostitution and Pornography in Australia since 1945 , page 30,

This was the bludger' or, in American parlance, the pimp, a man who lived on the earnings of prostitution. He was often the husband or boyfriend of a prostitute and could be actively involved in protecting or touting for the prostitute. Parliamentarians described the ' bludger as ‘the most detestable wretch on the face of the earth’ and as a man ‘worthy of no respect whatsoever’ (NSWPD 31:1675).

(Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory) A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight.

* 2005 , , Parliamentary Debates: House of Representatives: Ofiicial Hansard , Volume 270, page 84,

If she is doing the work of two parents because her husband has died or left her or is violent and has driven her and the kids from home, then suddenly she is a bludger .

Derived terms
* dole bludger
Related terms
* bludge
See also
* freeloader * free rider
Anagrams
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References