moocher
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moocher
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From mooch + -er.
noun moochers
- A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves. When Mitt Romney says that 47% of Americans are moochers, or Barack Obama says that entrepreneurs didn’t build their own businesses, partisan viewers crave a partisan response.
- A person who mooches about. The whole area is a network of nature reserves among estuaries and marshes, and a paradise for a moocher like me.
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noun a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others
| 日本語 | 乞丐 kitsukai |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 乞丐 qǐgài |
| Français | tapeur, tapeuse |
| Deutsch | Schnorrer, Schnorrerin |
| Русский | попроша́йка poprošájka, побиру́шка pobirúška, поберу́шка poberúška |
Talk about this word "moocher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/moocher. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. moocher. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/moocher "moocher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/moocher.
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@misc{moocher_2026,
title = {moocher},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moocher},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
