单词 | freeloader |
释义 | freeloadern. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1933 |
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