sponger
/ˈspʌndʒər/
noun
- A person who gets money, food, or other things from others without giving anything back; a freeloader.
- The landlord got tired of the sponger who refused to pay rent.
- Everyone at work thinks he's a sponger because he never buys his own lunch.
- She called him a sponger for always borrowing money and never repaying it.
- A person who dives for or collects natural sponges from the sea.
- In some coastal villages, being a sponger is a traditional job.
- The sponger brought up a large basket of sea sponges from the ocean floor.
- The old sponger knew the best spots to find quality sponges.