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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPONGING

SPONGING Spon "ging,

 

Defn: a. & n. from Sponge, v. Sponging house (Eng. Law ), a bailiff's or other house in which debtors are put before being taken to jail, or until they compromise with their creditors. At these houses extortionate charges are commonly made for food, lodging, etc.