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sponger definition

sponger (spun′jər)

noun

  1. a person or vessel that gathers sponges
  2. a person who cleans, etc. with a sponge
  3. Informal a person who, though able to work, depends on others for food, money, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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