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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Sponger

/(-jẽr)/ · Spon·ger · IPA /ˈspʌnd͡ʒɚ/
01 n. One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
  1. 1.
    One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
  2. 2.
    One employed in gathering sponges.
  3. 3.
    Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.