Sponger

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sponger \Spon"ger\ (-j[~e]r), n.
     1. One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
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     2. One employed in gathering sponges.
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     3. Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sponger
       n 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 [syn: {leech}, {parasite},
           {sponge}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "sponger":
     barnacle, beat, beggar, bloodsucker, bummer, cadger,
     coupon clippers, deadbeat, drone, freeloader, hanger-on, idle rich,
     leech, leisure class, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat, mendicant,
     moocher, nonworker, panhandler, parasite, rentiers, smell-feast,
     spiv, sponge, sucker, the unemployable, the unemployed