bottom feeder
Example Sentences
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In Weidman’s novel, the main character, a garment industry climber named Harry Bogen, is an impenitent snake, a moral bottom feeder who knows no bottom.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023
Many considered him a bottom feeder, and some said so to his face.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023
“We’re like this entertainment-industry bottom feeder, and as such we have a ton of creative freedom to really define what the American pub quiz actually is.”
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020
A bottom feeder pretends to be a fearsome shark slayer after the son of a finned hoodlum meets an accidental death.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2019
It is very largely a bottom feeder and, therefore, rather of a sluggish nature.
From Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast by Payne, Harry Thom
