scrounger

scroung er |ˈskrounjər ˈskraʊnʤər | ▶noun informal a person who borrows from or lives off others. • a cleverly resourceful person who finds and procures items for a specific purpose: no team at camp had a better scrounger than our Eddie.

scrounger

scroun ¦ger ▶noun informal, derogatory a person who borrows from or lives off others.

scrounger

scrounger noun don't give your money to that scrounger: beggar, borrower, parasite, cadger; informal sponger, freeloader, mooch, moocher, bum, bottom feeder, schnorrer.

scrounger

scrounger noun the unemployed are often depicted as scroungers: beggar, borrower, parasite, scrounge, cadger; informal sponger, freeloader; Scottish informal sorner; N. Amer. informal mooch, moocher, schnorrer; Austral. /NZ informal bludger.