mooch
verb (used with object)
to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
moocher
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a word derived from
mooch.
Example Sentences
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He is taking advantage of our hospitality, and we are tired of him being a moocher.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2021
He’s not a moocher and is uncomfortable that our earnings are so different.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2014
To date these stones are rumoured to have been concealing capering Croatio-poseur Slaven Bilic, whispering anvil-head Ailsa from Home and Away, likeable touchline moocher Avram Grant, plus lots of very frightened woodlice.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2010
We've had a name for that for years: moocher.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the advent of chain-stores, butcher shops are passé, and chain-store managers look on you as a sort of moocher when you ask them to sharpen your knives .
From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Douglas (Douglas N.) Hay
