Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act denoted by the verb ‘sponge.’
- noun In curing yellow tobacco, a staining of the face side of the leaf of a dull Spanish brown, due to insufficient heat in the process of fixing the color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
sponge , v. - (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
sponge .
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Examples
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Why, what sane man would call sponging a profession?
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 of Samosata Lucian 1895
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Too little heat in fixing color operates to stain the face side of the leaf of a dull Spanish-brown color, and is called sponging, and may be known to the novice by its effects being visible only on the
Useful Information Concerning Yellow Tobacco, and Other Crops, as told by Fifty of the Most Successful Farmers of Granville County, N. C. J. B. Hunter 1880
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The other is "sponging" - in which the dolphins break off a conical bit of sponge and fit it over their heads like a cap, shielding them as they forage for food on the sea floor.
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That made me laugh - any Tory MP would be mortified to be described as sponging off the state, but quite a few of them were ......
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Marina Hyde 2010
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Yesterday on his radio show, Beck and Gray not only defended the fire department's refusal to save the Cranick's house, but they also accused Cranick of "sponging" off his neighbors -- all the while mocking and ridiculing Cranick's rural accent.
Bob Cesca: Glenn Beck Mocks Fire Victims, Reaches New Depths of Awfulness Bob Cesca 2010
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Yesterday on his radio show, Beck and Gray not only defended the fire department's refusal to save the Cranick's house, but they also accused Cranick of "sponging" off his neighbors -- all the while mocking and ridiculing Cranick's rural accent.
Bob Cesca: Glenn Beck Mocks Fire Victims, Reaches New Depths of Awfulness Bob Cesca 2010
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Yesterday on his radio show, Beck and Gray not only defended the fire department's refusal to save the Cranick's house, but they also accused Cranick of "sponging" off his neighbors -- all the while mocking and ridiculing Cranick's rural accent.
Bob Cesca: Glenn Beck Mocks Fire Victims, Reaches New Depths of Awfulness Bob Cesca 2010
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Yesterday on his radio show, Beck and Gray not only defended the fire department's refusal to save the Cranick's house, but they also accused Cranick of "sponging" off his neighbors -- all the while mocking and ridiculing Cranick's rural accent.
Bob Cesca: Glenn Beck Mocks Fire Victims, Reaches New Depths of Awfulness Bob Cesca 2010
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Yesterday on his radio show, Beck and Gray not only defended the fire department's refusal to save the Cranick's house, but they also accused Cranick of "sponging" off his neighbors -- all the while mocking and ridiculing Cranick's rural accent.
Bob Cesca: Glenn Beck Mocks Fire Victims, Reaches New Depths of Awfulness Bob Cesca 2010
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Yesterday on his radio show, Beck and Gray not only defended the fire department's refusal to save the Cranick's house, but they also accused Cranick of "sponging" off his neighbors -- all the while mocking and ridiculing Cranick's rural accent.
Bob Cesca: Glenn Beck Mocks Fire Victims, Reaches New Depths of Awfulness Bob Cesca 2010
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