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单词 moocher
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moochern.

Brit. /ˈmuːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈmutʃər/
Forms: Middle English 1800s mocher, 1600s 1800s– moucher, 1800s mochar, 1800s mutcher (English regional (London)), 1800s– moocher, 1800s– mootcher.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mooch v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mooch v. + -er suffix1.For discussion of the form in quot. a1425 at sense 1a, see mooch v.; with the sense in this passage, compare mitch v. 1.
Chiefly colloquial.
1.
a. A person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer. Also: an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer
lurdanc1330
player1340
moochera1425
loon?c1450
lounger?a1513
idler1534
rest man1542
holiday-woman1548
baty bummill1568
bummill baty1568
friar-fly?1577
idol1579
lingerer1579
loll1582
idleby1589
shit-rags1598
blaitie bum1602
idle1635
Lollard1635
loiterer1684
saunterer1688
scobberlotchera1697
bumble1786
quisby1789
waffler1805
shoat1808
loafer1830
bummer1855
dead beat1863
bum1864
scowbanker1864
schnorrer1875
scowbank1881
ikey1906
layabout1932
lie-about1937
spine-basher1946
limer1964
a1425 Dialogue Reason & Adversity (Cambr.) (1968) 27 (MED) Nouȝt so, but it [sc. poverty] kepiþ þi place fro mochers and þeues.
1853 G. A. Sala Slang in Househ. Words 24 Sept. 75/2 Thieves are prigs, cracksmen, mouchers, gonophs, go-alongs.
1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home vii. 142 There are three kinds of poachers, the local men, the raiders,..and the ‘mouchers’—fellows..who occasionally loiter along the roads and hedges, picking up whatever they can lay hands on.
1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 89 Broad burdock leaves, which the mouchers put on the top of their baskets to shield their freshly gathered watercresses from the sunshine.
1921 H. Williamson Beautiful Years 60 As for Dolly..what for did her want to go out with a common crowstarver and moucher!
1989 Marketing Week 9 June 86/4 The role of moocher..is more difficult than it sounds since it involves ambling around the homestead ostensibly testing taps, light switches, door knobs and so forth but in reality avoiding work.
b. A beggar, a scrounger. Cf. mooch n. 4.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > by irregular means
motha1387
sorner1449
sucker?a1513
prowler1519
miligant1568
parasite1821
dog robber1832
ear-biter1855
moocher1857
schnorrer1875
toucher1896
scunge1900
scrounger1909
mooch1914
hum1919
hummer1919
hot-stuffer1929
scrounge1937
joyrider1990
1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 13 Moucher, beggar.
1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps iv. 395 Moocher, a beggar. This word is the generic term for tramps in England.
1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route ix. 96 A moocher may do all the things a panhandler does, only he draws smaller dividends because he lacks the salesman's poise.
1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xi. 75 You moocher, you—don't you respect a lady's natural curiosity? Be nice to me. After all, I'm paying for this party.
1994 Amer. Spectator Sept. 30/2 Federal regulations encourage housing welfare recipients to become deadbeats and moochers.
2. An offender against something. Obsolete. rare.
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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > evil-doer > offender or transgressor
guilter12..
trespasser1362
transgressor1377
prevaricatora1425
surfeitera1425
offendera1450
delinquent1484
committer1509
violater1523
faulter1535
violator?1535
offendent1580
peccant1621
exceeder1625
moocher1675
culprit1769
sinner1809
1675 J. Brydall Jus Imaginis apud Anglos Pref. If High-Shoon Common-wealths-men, and other Mouchers against Honor, Decency, and Order should continue as they were wont before the Re-Erecting of this Honorable Court, I should be sorry.
3. regional. A child who plays truant from school, esp. (English regional) one who plays truant in order to pick blackberries; (hence) a blackberry picker.
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1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle x. 117 What a moucher you are, David! Allays after them blackberries.
1876 J. H. Ewing Jan of Windmill vi. 54 ‘I played moocher’, he continued—by which he meant truant.
1968 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 332/2 When we went to school, if anyone cut out going for a day we used to call the person who mooched a moocher.
4. U.S. (western) and Canadian. A person who fishes by means of mooching (see mooching n. 2).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > angler > others
troller1653
ground angler1835
spinner1836
bankster1885
switcher1893
plunker1926
moocher1947
flatliner1984
1947 C. Haury in H. W. Howard Salmon Fishing on Puget Sound 86 Many moochers use as light as a 6 pound nylon line.
1980 D. Nuttall Mooching i. 10 Seldom will a moocher reveal the finer points of the art... Each moocher has certain tricks of the art that he keeps to himself..which will put a fish on his table while others have none.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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