sponger
Example Sentences
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Given that Magnus is a sponger, a con man, Catholic convert and gay, he comes across as a second cousin to that comparably fascinating outcast, Frederick Rolfe, the self-styled Baron Corvo.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2019
When John Beaver, a beautiful specimen of the unpopular sponger, spent a weekend with them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Off the Carthaginian coast, at the Island of Djerba, the expedition's divers groped for a submerged city whose walls had been reported seen by a sponger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course, stepson Bushrod turned out to be a caddish sponger, but stepdaughter Gary was the joy of Clyde's heart.
From Time Magazine Archive
Slow Poke, a sponger, was our first customer.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
