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Sponger   Listen
noun
Sponger  n.  
1.
One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
2.
One employed in gathering sponges.
3.
Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.





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"Sponger" Quotes from Famous Books



... a fire; several shots struck the hull, and a piece of the walking-beam was shot away. As the sponge of the after pivot gun was being inserted in the muzzle of the piece, the handle was cut in two by a shot from the enemy; half in prayer and half in despair at being unable to perform his duty, the sponger exclaimed, "Oh, Lord! how is the gun to be sponged?" He was much relieved when the quarter-gunner of his division handed him a spare sponge. This state of things could not last long; a shot from a rifled gun of one of the field batteries on the beach penetrated the steam-chest, ...
— Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker • James Henry Rochelle


Words linked to "Sponger" :   working person, leech, follower, workman, parasite


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