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moucher

moucher is the dated form of moocher.

Meaning of moocher

Noun

moocher (plural moochers)

  1. (derogatory) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
    • When Mitt Romney says that 47% of Americans are moochers, or Barack Obama says that entrepreneurs didn’t build their own businesses, partisan viewers crave a partisan response.2012 September 22, “CNN’s woes: Unbiased and unloved”, in The Economist
  2. A person who mooches about.
    • The whole area is a network of nature reserves among estuaries and marshes, and a paradise for a moocher like me.1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 378

Forms of moucher

pluralmouchers

Questions about moucher

What is moucher the dated form of?
Moucher is the dated form of moocher.

Words near moucher in the dictionary

  1. mouchard
  2. mouchardism
  3. mouchards
  4. mouche
  5. mouched
  6. moucher
  7. mouchers
  8. mouches
  9. mouching
  10. mouchoir
  11. mouchoirs

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