Crossword-Solution: SPONGER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sponger | n. | One who sponges, or uses a sponge. |
| Sponger | n. | One employed in gathering sponges. |
| Sponger | n. | Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on. |
We have 22 clues for the answer “SPONGER”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| person who sponges on others | 1 answer |
| Nonpaying friend | 1 answer |
| Guy in a boxer's corner | 1 answer |
| Moocher | 7 answers |
| borrower | 8 answers |
| Cadger | 9 answers |
| A WORKMAN EMPLOYED TO COLLECT SPONGES | 11 answers |
| Freeloader | 14 answers |
| Leech | 15 answers |
| lounge lizard | 17 answers |
| Bloodsucker | 18 answers |
| BARNACLE ___ | 19 answers |
| Bootlicker | 19 answers |
| inactive person | 22 answers |
| Beggar. | 22 answers |
| POOR person | 24 answers |
| Mooch | 32 answers |
| Toady | 34 answers |
| Sycophant. | 37 answers |
| biter | 39 answers |
| Parasite | 42 answers |
| Loafer | 54 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
NEE
Hint 3 another clue
AND STILL ___
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Sentences with SPONGER (5)
People were always giving me things while I was hurt, but when I was well again, they told me, "You-- you're nothing but a lazy, no-good sponger.
Even to still rather simple-minded Susan she seemed an invitation to the swindler, to the sponger with the hard-luck story, to the sinking who clutch about desperately and drag down with them everyone who permits them to get a hold.
With the minute keenness of the shameless sponger he was aware of every source in Coralio from which a glass of rum, a meal or a piece of silver could be wheedled.
Here they scraped acquaintance with a weather-beaten old sponger, who sat in the stern of one of the smallest of the boats, smoking a short pipe and overhauling some rigging; and from him they gained much new information concerning sponges.
The schooner was a sponger bound for Nassau; its blackbird crew spoke English and they willingly helped the strangers overside, laughing and shouting in a child-like display of excitement.
Quotes with SPONGER (1)
Like the turtle's shell, the sense of self serves as a shield against stimulation and as a burden which limits mobility into possibly dangerous areas. The turtle rarely has to think about what's on the other side of his shell; whatever it is, it can't hurt him, can't even touch him. So, too, adults insist on the shell of a consistent self for themselves and their children and appreciate turtles for friends; they wish to be protected from being hurt or touched or confused or h…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, WSJ.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1970–2020).