freeloader

freeloader

One who uses the resources or other amenities provided by someone (such as a friend, family member, host, etc.) without compensating them or contributing anything to the situation. How long do you plan to live at home like a freeloader?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

freeloader

n. someone who eats and drinks at someone else’s expense; a parasitic person. Ken is sort of a freeloader, but he’s a lot of fun anyway.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • repay (one) with (something)
  • repay with
  • drughead
  • freeload
  • in the boondocks
  • in the boonies
  • the boonies
  • boonies
  • boonies, the
  • man does not live by bread alone
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But her friends, Darren, Michelle and Jimmy (brilliantly played by Daniel Ryan, Claire Rushbrook and Sean Gallagher) worry she's becoming too involved with a girl who they can't work out is really a freedom fighter, a free spirit or just a freeloader.
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For ants and trees, multiple partners are a boon: Study
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