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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
barnacle, beat, beggar, bloodsucker, bummer, cadger, coupon clippers, deadbeat, drone, freeloader, hanger-on, idle rich, leech, leisure class, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat, mendicant, moocher, nonworker, panhandler, parasite, rentiers, smell-feast, spiv, sponge, sucker, the unemployable, the unemployed
Dictionary Results for sponger:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sponger
    n 1: a workman employed to collect sponges
    2: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the
       host) in hope of gain or advantage [syn: leech, parasite,
       sponge, sponger]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sponger \Spon"ger\ (-j[~e]r), n.
   1. One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. One employed in gathering sponges.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
      [1913 Webster]
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