There is a nasty sound about the word sponger, don't you think?. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
But of course, if never to be hungry, thirsty, or cold, is to be happy, the sponger is the man who is in that position. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
Buckingham Palace denies Prince Philip called pop impresario Simon Cowell a "sponger". From Wordnik.com. Reference
That word "sponger" as it came to Dan caused him to straighten himself up and step forward more quickly. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Watch] Reference
March 26th, 2009 LONDON - Music mogul Simon Cowell has claimed that Prince Philip called him a 'sponger'. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Mr Griffin said Miss Hanson, who once claimed Australia was being "swamped by Asians", would not be a "sponger". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
And we may call a sponger an out-diner?. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
You can call her a slob, a sponger, all the rest of it. From Wordnik.com. [Tackling the giant evil of idleness] Reference
The author of the article called hero worship "the sponger of the intellect.". From Wordnik.com. [Idols and Dangers of Our Complex World] Reference
Portugal with Ronigon cousin and her lovely rich daddy :D not that I'm a sponger. From Wordnik.com. [Tagged by Shadow] Reference
Marinus clearly underestimated her and his career as a sponger could be under threat. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
✒Quote from Jordan Katie Price this week: "I dumped Alex for turning into a fame-hungry, whining, sponger.". From Wordnik.com. [Simon Hoggart's week: Little boasting, much misery – and too much detail] Reference
The sponger lay at anchor on the sponging ground for nearly a week before the water was clear enough for work. From Wordnik.com. [Dick in the Everglades] Reference
Nice to know my taxes will be paying for yet another sponger to do whatever they want (screwing kids in this instance). From Wordnik.com. [Raymond Horne « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
He considered Ibsen's Ghosts a good work of literature, although he openly called the author a "sponger of bourgeoisie.". From Wordnik.com. [NOVELS-NOVELS] Reference
Should we not be willing to do our part to get these things, or must we be a sponger, a coward, or shirker and let our fellow man do all?. From Wordnik.com. [Citizenship A Manual for Voters] Reference
What! you do not blush to call yourself a sponger?. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
He felt he was no longer a sponger, a useless being. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Watch] Reference
Ah, but you see, he is not a sponger if that happens. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
We are discussing the sponger, not the non - sponger. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
It was mean, and yet what was he himself but a sponger?. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Watch] Reference
He was not a sponger, but a man working for his breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Watch] Reference
Well, the sponger does that; why is he privileged to offend?. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
Banqueter was the word used for sponger in his day; what does he say?. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
The sponger gives lustre to the patron, never the patron to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
Harry's depths as a sponger, preserved him from this particular crime. From Wordnik.com. [Jan A Dog and a Romance] Reference
Kentucky all these years and handing out what you made to that old sponger. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Opp] Reference
On the other hand, no one can point to a sponger who ever cared to philosophize. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
But the sponger has thirty festivals a month; every day is a red-letter day with him. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
A great number of the barbarians, including Sarpedon the son of Zeus, fell to this sponger. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
Take that away, and we shall be dealing with something else, and not with a sponger at all. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
Aristoxenus the musician, a weighty one enough, and himself attached as a sponger to Neleus. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
Troy would have been taken long ago, if he had had in his host ten men like -- that old sponger. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
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