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Sponger

noun
1.
A workman employed to collect sponges.
2.
A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.  Synonyms: leech, parasite, sponge.





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"Sponger" Quotes from Famous Books



... than this in his preface, indeed, a marvellous piece of reality and irony which tells how a courtesan in Gibraltar fell madly in love with a gentleman-sponger who lived on her money while he could, and then took the first boat home with discreet heartlessness on coming into a bequest from a far-off cousin. "Good God, a pretty sight I should have looked...." he explained to a kindred spirit as they paced the deck ...
— Old and New Masters • Robert Lynd


Words linked to "Sponger" :   working person, follower, leech, workingman, sponge, working man, workman


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