moocher
[noun]
Synonyms: beggar, bummer, cadger, panhandler, schnorrer

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

moocher noun. ['mu:tʃǝ] Also moucher. L17.
[from MOOCH verb + -ER¹.]
1. A transgressor. rare. Only in L17.

2. A person who plays truant, esp. to pick blackberries. dial. L18.

3. A loiterer, a loafer. colloq. M19.

4. A cadger, a scrounger. colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.). M19.

5. A person who fishes with light tackle allowed to drift. N. Amer. dial. M20.

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