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Sponge of a sort
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freeloader
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share, usually athletic. 2 (context UK NZ Canada Scotland English) An individual who gets merchandise from the back of supermarket premises that ...
Wikipedia
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A freeloader is a person who engages in freeloading . Freeloader may also refer to: Freeloaders (band) , an electronic music act Freeloaders (film) , a Broken Lizard film Freeloader (game) , a board game created by Cheapass Games Freeloader boot disks, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also free-loader , by 1939, from free (adj.) + agent noun from load (v.). Related: Freeloading . As a verb, freeload is attested by 1967 and probably is a back-formation from this.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
Usage examples of freeloader.
We had one flaming scuzzbucket of a city councilman, a few years ago, wanted to cut costs by getting rid of what he called freeloaders.
There were two hundred well-wishers and freeloaders present, all wearing partial or full false faces of sequined shimmer-cloth that stretched snugly over their features and was somehow unable to conceal (for Guil, at least) the beastiality that lurked on the true expressions that had leered from the tiers of the Great Hall only hours earlier.