English Dictionary

Definition of “sponger”

sponger (ˈspʌndʒə )

(informal) a person who lives off other people by continually taking advantage of their generosity; parasite or scrounger
a person or ship employed in collecting sponges

= scrounger, parasite, leech, hanger-on, cadge, freeloader, bloodsucker, bludger, cadger, quandong

But Drew, the executor of Lady Joy's will, claims Fiona is a ``lifelong sponger ' who doesn't deserve any extra money.

The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2005)

Pushy is such a sponger she would make an ideal squeegee merchant to wipe your car windscreen at the traffic lights 4 traffic copper.

Sun, News of the World (2004)

THE Welsh Assembly chief slammed as a `shameless sponger " by his furious ex-lover hit back last night.

Sun, News of the World (2000)

The best way to avoid falling victim to a sponger , she says, is to be the one who handles the check and let others know what they owe.

Toronto Sun (2003)

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