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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.
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At last word came that the sponger had struck on the nearby shoals.
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Then we walked down to his row-boat, and soon he was aboard the sponger.
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Even the “sponger” felt the difficulty of parrying such a palpable notice to quit.
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"I am beginning to realize that a sponger's life is anything but a bed of roses," Walter laughed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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