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单词 freeloader
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freeloadern.

Brit. /ˈfriːˌləʊdə/, U.S. /ˈfriˌloʊdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: free adj., loader n.1
Etymology: < free adj. + loader n.1 Compare later freeload v. Compare earlier free-rider n. 2.
colloquial (originally U.S.).
Originally: a person who takes full advantage of the free food or drink available at a public occasion. Later more generally: a person who partakes of something offered free of charge without giving anything in return; a sponger, a scrounger.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating at another's expense > one who
feedera1616
cosherer1634
parasite1697
freeloader1933
dine-and-dasher1979
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite
clienta1393
lick-dishc1440
maunche present1440
scambler?a1513
smell-feast1519
parasite1539
hanger-on1549
parasitaster1552
waiter at the table1552
lick-trencher1571
hang-by1579
shadow1579
trencher-fly1590
trencher-friend1590
fawnguest1592
pot-hunter1592
lick-spigot1599
trencherman1599
shark1600
tub-hunter1600
zany1601
lick-box1611
by-hangera1626
cosherer1634
shirk1639
panlicker1641
clientelary1655
tantony1659
led friend1672
sponger1677
fetcher and carrier1751
myrmidon1800
trencher-licker1814
onhanger1821
tag-tail1835
sponge1838
lick-ladle1849
lick-platter1853
sucker1856
freeloader1933
bludger1938
ligger1977
joyrider1990
1933 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 23 Aug. 2/3 He was inducted into office as the new president of Madison Square Garden..with the customary beefsteak gorging ceremonies and all the members of the freeloaders association in attendance.
1936 C. Washburn Come into my Parlor 22 A little dinner or supper party had no fixed charge. Usually a host would suggest what he had in mind and the number of free-loaders.
1948 R. Chandler Let. 20 Sept. (1966) 165 We didn't have this cat seventeen years in order for some freeloader to say God forgive him he'd even take a piece about her for his goddam parish magazine.
1979 D. Adams Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy vi. 48 I didn't become captain of a Vogon constructor ship simply so I could turn it into a taxi service for a load of degenerate freeloaders.
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Feb. a15/6 Organizers..vowed to bar the door to freeloaders, no matter how famous... ‘There will be no comps.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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