moocher

Example Sentences

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I’m working on bettering my finances—which I destroyed in my 20s—but it’s taking time to rebuild, and I don’t want to be a moocher.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2021

He is taking advantage of our hospitality, and we are tired of him being a moocher.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2021

To date these stones are rumoured to have been concealing capering Croatio-poseur Slaven Bilic, whispering anvil-head Ailsa from Home and Away, likeable touchline moocher Avram Grant, plus lots of very frightened woodlice.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2010

We've had a name for that for years: moocher.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since the advent of chain-stores, butcher shops are passé, and chain-store managers look on you as a sort of moocher when you ask them to sharpen your knives .

From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Hay, Douglas (Douglas N.)