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freeloader

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free⋅load

  [free-lohd, -lohd]
Use freeloader in a Sentence
–verb (used without object) Informal.
1. to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
–verb (used with object)
2. to get by freeloading: He freeloaded several meals a week.
Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; back formation from freeloader ( free + load + -er 1 )

Related forms:
freeloader, noun
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free·load   (frē'lōd')   
intr.v.   free·load·ed, free·load·ing, free·loads Slang
To take advantage of the charity, generosity, or hospitality of others.
free'load'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
freeload

  1. in.
    to live off someone else; to eat and drink at someone else's expense; to live off someone else. : Don't come around here and expect to freeload.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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freeloader

  1. 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.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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