Sentence:  This was the <WSD>bludger</WSD> 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 <WSD>bludger</WSD> as ‘the most detestable wretch on the face of the earth' and as a man ‘worthy of no respect whatsoever' (NSWPD 31:1675). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot. <ref>'''1966''', Sidney J. Baker, "The Australian Language", second edition, chapter VI, section 3, page 129—"mentions an 1882 record of the "pimp" usage"</ref> (From 1856.)