Associations to the word «Sponger»

Wiktionary

SPONGER, noun. One who uses a sponge.
SPONGER, noun. A parasitic hanger-on.
SPONGER, noun. One employed in gathering sponges from the sea.

Dictionary definition

SPONGER, noun. A workman employed to collect sponges.
SPONGER, noun. A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope