mooch
verb (used with object)
to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
moocher
-
a word derived from
mooch.
Example Sentences
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I’m working on bettering my finances—which I destroyed in my 20s—but it’s taking time to rebuild, and I don’t want to be a moocher.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 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
Mack was an ex-soldier, a goodhearted moocher who idolized the scholarly Doc.
From Time Magazine Archive
I don't think she was exactly a moocher.
From The Right Time by John Berryman
