scrounger
nounEtymology From scrounge + -er.
1
One who scrounges.
- You get out of me kitchen, you low-down scrounger! I ain't going to have you in here, giving me cheek to me face and drinkin' beer I got to pay for.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 151:
- For a mad two hours, artists, critics, hangers-on, insiders, befuddled outsiders and outright scroungers mingle, collide, preen, dish, fawn, toady, snub and, as a last resort, take a fleeting glance at the art on the wall.1995 February 10, William Grimes, “When Art Puts on a Party Hat: A Guide to Gallery Openings”, in The New York Times:
2 more examples
- Elwood seems at first a typical army scrounger and lurkman with his latest model Mercedes and every creature comfort but he is a ruthless and greedy drug pedlar.1993, The Bulletin - Volume 115, page 87:
- Harbert was our dog robber (scrounger), had been since he joined the outfit in Guadalcanal.2003, G Holcomb, No Quarter Asked No Quarter Given, →ISBN, page 80:
- Synonyms
- bloodsucker, bludger, bummer, freeloader, free rider, gadfly, leech, mooch, moocher, parasite, scrounge, scrounger, scunge, smell-feast, sponge, sponger, sucker, trencher mate