sponger in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sponger in the English»French Dictionary

sponger [Brit ˈspʌn(d)ʒə, Am ˈspəndʒər] N inf, pej

sponger

parasite m pej

Translations for sponger in the French»English Dictionary

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pique-assiette

sponger inf

sponger in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sponger in the English»French Dictionary

sponger N pej

sponger

pique-assiette m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

These would-be entrepreneurs do not deserve to be vilified, judged and mocked by an outraged public as feckless spongers.

theconversation.com

That being the case; why then, do we need an expensive bunch of spongers?

blogs.theprovince.com

He is a fraud, he is a sponger.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Yeah, lets all put welfare spongers first.

www.macleans.ca

To wind someone up is to provoke them into a rage, possibly by accusing them of having a reputation as a sponger.

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How would we find the "right sort" of worthy recipient of our largesse, rather than a sponger?

www.telegraph.co.uk

This isn't because they're lazy spongers -- fully one-third of immigrant households with a worker present are on welfare.

www.nationalreview.com

I hate spongers and those who live off the system because they can.

www.irishhealth.com

They consider you a sponger or a second class citizen if you are not working or disabled.

www.irishexaminer.com

Why should the ratepayer be lavishing international spongers with such a grandiose sense of entitlement while carrying the can for the ensuing costs?

www.stuff.co.nz