scrounger

Other forms: scroungers

Definitions of scrounger
  1. noun
    someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
    synonyms: cadger, mooch, moocher
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    types:
    schnorrer, shnorrer
    (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others
    type of:
    beggar, mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
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