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sponge
verb- to obtain something in a parasitic manner UK, 1673
- Relatively young and able-bodied, they simply sponged because they preferred not to work. — Jim Thompson, Roughneck, p. 144, 1954
- Wadda you think, you can sponge drinks off me all night? — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 214, 1979
- in horse racing, to insert a sponge into a horse’s nostril just before a race, impeding its breathing during the race US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 59, 1951
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