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   mooch

   /mo͞oCH/

   verb

   • 1. ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it: informal North American "a bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food" Similar begask forask for moneyborrowinformal:scroungebumspongecadge
   • 2. wander in a casual or listless manner: informal British "we went for a drive to Chatswood and mooched around the shopping centre there for a bit"

   noun

   • 1. a beggar or scrounger. informal North American
   • 2. a period of wandering in a casual or listless manner: informal British "I'm going for a mooch around to see what I can find"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘to hoard’): probably from Old French muchier (Anglo-Norman muscher) ‘hide, skulk’: compare with mitch. Current senses date from the mid 19th century.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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