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A Writer's Dictionary:

mooches Definition


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mooch
verb mooches, mooched, mooching
    colloq:
    intr
    1. To wander around aimlessly.
      Form: mooch about (usually)
      Form: mooch around
    tr & intr
    2. To cadge; to get something for nothing by asking directly.
    intr
    3. To skulk or lurk about.
Etymology: 19c in current senses; 15c meaning ‘to act the miser'.



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