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sponger
noun as in do-nothing
noun as in hanger-on
noun as in layabout
noun as in lazybones
noun as in loafer
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That word "sponger" as it came to Dan caused him to straighten himself up and step forward more quickly.
At last word came that the sponger had struck on the nearby shoals.
Then we walked down to his row-boat, and soon he was aboard the sponger.
Even the “sponger” felt the difficulty of parrying such a palpable notice to quit.
"I am beginning to realize that a sponger's life is anything but a bed of roses," Walter laughed.
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On this page you'll find 126 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sponger, such as: bum, freeloader, mendicant, mooch, moocher, and scrounger.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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