Moocher

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A moucher. See the extracts.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves. Usually used as a pejorative.
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  • noun. someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
  • Word Usage
    "However, for the ethicists to suggest that any parent who pays for his child's entertainment, meals, etc., is creating a "moocher" isn't true, and people of character don't always have to pay their own way."
    Hypernym
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    beggar  mendicant  
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    Same Context
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    beggar  bum  bummer  cadger  caller