sponger

3 definitions found

sponger - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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sponger - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, sponger]

sponger - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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