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Mooch   Listen
verb
mooch  v. t.  
1.
To ask for and get free; to borrow without intending to repay; to sponge; usually with objects of small value; as, he mooched a few cigarettes from me.
Synonyms: bum, cadge, grub, sponge.
2.
To beg for.





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"Mooch" Quotes from Famous Books



... the canoe, and then the difficulties came fully to the father's mind—he could not leave his wife. He must send the children with the messenger—In a sort of desperation, "Cahn you dem childen take to de house across de lake, and pring back Mrs. Callan? Tell her Marta Van Trumper need her right now mooch very kvick." The Indian nodded. Then the father hesitated, but a glance at the Indian was enough. Something said, "He is safe," and in spite of sundry wails from the little ones left with a dark stranger, he pushed off the canoe: "Yo take care for ...
— Rolf In The Woods • Ernest Thompson Seton
... to be what you call depart," was the reply. "Eet ees mooch dead ze metis will shoot ...
— The Rising of the Red Man - A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion • John Mackie
... smile. "Oxactly, young man. Sit down, und I vill see yoost vat vos pest for us both. You vould be an actor; you haf the ambition. Ah! I see it in your eyes, and it gif me great bleasure. But, young man, it vos unfortunate dot I haf not mooch just now to gif you, yet the vay vill open if you only stays mit me. Sure; yaw, I, Samuel Albrecht, vill make of you a great actor. I can see dot in your face, und for dot reason I vill now gif you the chance. You begin at the pottom, but not for long; all I vants now vos a utility man—some ...
— Beth Norvell - A Romance of the West • Randall Parrish
... mine friendts," rumbled. Houten, looming up like a hill in the blackness. "All dis iss planned. Dose mans beside us are real navy mans. I toldt you all iss vell. It iss mooch ...
— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle
... roon from a cobry? Not mooch! Ain't I a lineal dayscindant of St. Patrick?—long life to him! And didn't he dhrive all the schnakes and toads out of the ould counthree! Jisht show me a cobry, and ...
— Across India - Or, Live Boys in the Far East • Oliver Optic


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