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scrounger
noun[ C ]
disapprovinguk /ˈskraʊn.dʒər/ us /ˈskraʊn.dʒɚ/
someone who tries to get things, especially money or food, by asking for them instead of buying them or working for them: 白吃白拿的人
He thinks that people who receive welfare benefits are scroungers.他认为领取福利金的都是白吃白拿的人。
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I'm not a scrounger, I'm a working man.
Unemployed people are described as lazy, scroungers, living off the taxpayer, etc.
I was made to feel like a scrounger - like someone begging for help they had no right to.
I would like to work to prove I'm not a scrounger.
his plans to crack down on a hard core of benefit scroungers
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