mooch

or mouch

[ mooch ]

/ mutʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.

to get or take without paying or at another's expense; sponge: He always mooches cigarettes.

to beg.

to steal.

verb (used without object)

to skulk or sneak.

to loiter or wander about.

noun

Also moocher. a person who mooches.

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Origin of mooch

1425–75; late Middle English, apparently variant of Middle English michen<Old French muchier to skulk, hide

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Example sentences from the Web for mooch

Race is also embedded in the whole set of presumptions about the 47 percent and the “moocher class.”
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And the comparisons will show what they've shown since the beginning of the republic, that the real moocher class is down South.
Rick Scott and Obamacare|Michael Tomasky|February 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In other words, conservatives, millions more Latinos are poised to become card-carrying members of the good old moocher class!
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Across the lawn, a man walked by with the words “retired moocher” printed on the front of his shirt.
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Might an ineffectual-seeming Obama be enough to make moocher-loathing Mitt seem palatable to independents?
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The ol moocher sure has got em trained, Iron Hair, said Raftery.
The Snow-Burner|Henry Oyen
The inmates were principally in pairs; each moocher had his Judy (wife), and each little kid had his little Moll (sister).
Tramping with Tramps|Josiah Flynt
I know what they wants—they think I'm a purty good moocher, 'n' they'll make sinkers out o' me.
Tramping with Tramps|Josiah Flynt
I discovered that what we would call a Tramp over here was a Moocher over there.
Continuous Vaudeville|Will M. Cressy
The English moocher has to resort to his "gag," and his "lurks" are almost innumerable.
Tramping with Tramps|Josiah Flynt

British Dictionary definitions for mooch

mooch

/ (muːtʃ) /

verb slang

(intr often foll by around) to loiter or walk aimlessly

(intr) to behave in an apathetic way

(intr) to sneak or lurk; skulk

(tr) to cadge

(tr) mainly US and Canadian to steal

Derived forms of mooch

moocher, noun

Word Origin for mooch

C17: perhaps from Old French muchier to skulk

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