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spiv
a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
lounge lizard
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a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him
related words >
Beau Brummel
,
barnacle
,
blood
,
bloodsucker
,
buck
,
coxcomb
,
dandy
,
dude
,
exquisite
,
fop
,
freeloader
,
hanger-on
,
leech
,
macaroni
,
spiv
,
sponge
,
sponger
,
sucker
idle rich
collapse
related words >
beggar
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
coupon clippers
,
drone
,
freeloader
,
leisure class
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
moocher
,
nonworker
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
rentiers
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
leisure class
collapse
related words >
beggar
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
coupon clippers
,
drone
,
freeloader
,
idle rich
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
moocher
,
nonworker
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
rentiers
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
nonworker
collapse
a person who does nothing
related words >
beggar
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
coupon clippers
,
drone
,
freeloader
,
idle rich
,
leisure class
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
moocher
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
rentiers
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
bloodsucker
collapse
related words >
barnacle
,
bedbug
,
blackmailer
,
extortioner
,
extortionist
,
freeloader
,
hanger-on
,
harpy
,
leech
,
lounge lizard
,
moocher
,
mosquito
,
parasite
,
predator
,
profiteer
,
racketeer
,
raptor
,
scrounge
,
scrounger
,
shakedown artist
,
shark
,
spiv
,
sponge
,
sponger
,
sucker
,
tick
,
vampire
,
vulture
,
wood tick
sponger
collapse
a workman employed to collect sponges
related words >
barnacle
,
beat
,
beggar
,
bloodsucker
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
coupon clippers
,
deadbeat
,
drone
,
freeloader
,
hanger-on
,
idle rich
,
leech
,
leisure class
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
moocher
,
nonworker
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
rentiers
,
smell-feast
,
spiv
,
sponge
,
sucker
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
panhandler
collapse
a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
related words >
beggar
,
bum
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
coupon clippers
,
drone
,
freeloader
,
hobo
,
idle rich
,
leisure class
,
loafer
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
mendicant friar
,
mendicant order
,
moocher
,
nonworker
,
parasite
,
rentiers
,
schnorrer
,
scrounger
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
tramp
barnacle
collapse
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
related words >
adherent
,
adhesive
,
beat
,
bloodsucker
,
bramble
,
brier
,
bulldog
,
burr
,
cement
,
deadbeat
,
decal
,
decalcomania
,
freeloader
,
glue
,
gunk
,
hanger-on
,
leech
,
limpet
,
lounge lizard
,
molasses
,
mucilage
,
parasite
,
paste
,
plaster
,
prickle
,
remora
,
smell-feast
,
spiv
,
sponge
,
sponger
,
sticker
,
sucker
,
syrup
,
thorn
shirker
collapse
related words >
bungler
,
clock watcher
,
disregarder
,
dodger
,
eye-servant
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
ignorer
,
malingerer
,
neglecter
,
negligent
,
old soldier
,
procrastinator
,
shirk
,
skulk
,
skulker
,
slacker
,
slinker
,
sloven
,
slut
,
soldier
,
spiv
,
tax dodger
,
trifler
,
truant
,
waiter on Providence
,
welsher
slacker
collapse
a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
related words >
bungler
,
clock watcher
,
disregarder
,
dodger
,
eye-servant
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
ignorer
,
loafer
,
malingerer
,
neglecter
,
negligent
,
old soldier
,
procrastinator
,
shirk
,
shirker
,
skulk
,
skulker
,
slinker
,
sloven
,
slugabed
,
sluggard
,
slut
,
soldier
,
spiv
,
tax dodger
,
trifler
,
truant
,
waiter on Providence
,
welsher
moocher
collapse
someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
related words >
beggar
,
bum
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
caller
,
company
,
coupon clippers
,
drone
,
freeloader
,
frequenter
,
gate-crasher
,
guest
,
habitue
,
hobo
,
idle rich
,
leisure class
,
loafer
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
mendicant friar
,
mendicant order
,
nonworker
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
rentiers
,
schnorrer
,
scrounger
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
tramp
,
uninvited guest
,
visitant
,
visitor
cadger
collapse
related words >
beggar
,
bum
,
bummer
,
chapman
,
cheap-jack
,
cheap-john
,
colporteur
,
coster
,
costermonger
,
coupon clippers
,
drone
,
freeloader
,
hawker
,
higgler
,
hobo
,
huckster
,
idle rich
,
leisure class
,
loafer
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
mendicant friar
,
mendicant order
,
moocher
,
nonworker
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
peddler
,
rentiers
,
schnorrer
,
scrounger
,
sidewalk salesman
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
tramp
,
vendor
freeloader
collapse
someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
related words >
barnacle
,
beat
,
beggar
,
bloodsucker
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
caller
,
company
,
coupon clippers
,
deadbeat
,
deadhead
,
drone
,
free rider
,
frequenter
,
gate-crasher
,
guest
,
habitue
,
hanger-on
,
idle rich
,
leech
,
leisure class
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
moocher
,
nonworker
,
panhandler
,
paper
,
paper house
,
parasite
,
pass holder
,
rentiers
,
smell-feast
,
spiv
,
sponge
,
sponger
,
sucker
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
uninvited guest
,
visitant
,
visitor
,
well
hanger on
collapse
related words >
adherent
,
appendage
,
attendant
,
barnacle
,
bloodsucker
,
buff
,
bystander
,
cavaliere servente
,
courtier
,
creature
,
dangler
,
dependent
,
disciple
,
dummy
,
fan
,
feudatory
,
figurehead
,
flunky
,
follower
,
following
,
freeloader
,
gillie
,
goon
,
hatchet man
,
heeler
,
henchman
,
homager
,
homme de cour
,
inferior
,
jackal
,
lackey
,
leech
,
liege
,
liege man
,
lounge lizard
,
man
,
minion
,
myrmidon
,
parasite
,
partisan
,
peon
,
public
,
puppet
,
pursuer
,
pursuivant
,
retainer
,
satellite
,
sectary
,
serf
,
servant
,
shadow
,
slave
,
spectator
,
spiv
,
sponge
,
sponger
,
stooge
,
subordinate
,
successor
,
sucker
,
supporter
,
sycophant
,
tagtail
,
tail
,
thug
,
trainbearer
,
underling
,
understrapper
,
vassal
,
votary
,
ward heeler
,
yeoman
lumpen proletariat
collapse
related words >
beggar
,
bourgeoisie
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
common people
,
common run
,
common sort
,
commonage
,
commonality
,
commonalty
,
commoners
,
commons
,
coupon clippers
,
drone
,
freeloader
,
idle rich
,
laborers
,
leisure class
,
linendrapers
,
lounge lizard
,
lower classes
,
lower middle class
,
lower orders
,
mendicant
,
middle class
,
middle orders
,
moocher
,
nonworker
,
ordinary people
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
peasantry
,
plain folks
,
plain people
,
proletariat
,
rank and file
,
rentiers
,
shopkeepers
,
small tradesmen
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
the lower cut
,
the other half
,
the third estate
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
toilers
,
toiling class
,
upper middle class
,
vulgus
,
working class
,
working people
unemployed
collapse
not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital"
related words >
at a standstill
,
at anchor
,
at leisure
,
at liberty
,
at loose ends
,
available
,
beggar
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
coupon clippers
,
dead-still
,
disengaged
,
drone
,
extra
,
fallow
,
fired
,
fixed
,
free
,
freeloader
,
fresh
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
held out
,
idle
,
idle rich
,
immobile
,
immotive
,
in abeyance
,
in hand
,
jobless
,
leisure
,
leisure class
,
leisured
,
let go
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
mint
,
moocher
,
motionless
,
moveless
,
new
,
nonworker
,
off
,
off duty
,
off work
,
original
,
otiose
,
out of commission
,
out of employ
,
out of harness
,
out of work
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
pristine
,
put aside
,
put by
,
rentiers
,
reserve
,
riding at anchor
,
saved
,
spare
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
static
,
stationary
,
statuelike
,
still
,
stock-still
,
stored
,
suspended
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
to spare
,
unapplied
,
unbeaten
,
unconsumed
,
unemployable
,
unengaged
,
unexercised
,
unexpended
,
unhandled
,
unmoved
,
unmoving
,
unoccupied
,
unspent
,
untapped
,
untouched
,
untrodden
,
unused
,
unutilized
,
waived
,
workless
sucker
collapse
mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction
flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
a shoot arising from a plant's roots
related words >
babe
,
barnacle
,
beat
,
bilk
,
bine
,
bloodsucker
,
boob
,
bough
,
branch
,
branchedness
,
branchiness
,
burgeon
,
butt
,
chump
,
cinch
,
client
,
cozen
,
credulous person
,
cull
,
customer
,
deadwood
,
defraud
,
diddle
,
do
,
dupe
,
easy mark
,
easy pickings
,
fair game
,
fall guy
,
fish
,
flagellum
,
fool
,
fork
,
freeloader
,
frond
,
goat
,
gobe-mouches
,
greener
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
gudgeon
,
gull
,
gyp
,
hanger-on
,
innocent
,
leadpipe cinch
,
leech
,
limb
,
lounge lizard
,
mark
,
monkey
,
mug
,
offshoot
,
overreach
,
patron
,
patsy
,
pigeon
,
plaything
,
prize sap
,
prospect
,
pushover
,
ramage
,
ramification
,
regular
,
regular customer
,
runner
,
sap
,
saphead
,
sapling
,
sarment
,
schlemiel
,
scion
,
seedling
,
set
,
shoot
,
sitting duck
,
slip
,
soft touch
,
spear
,
spiv
,
sponge
,
sponger
,
spray
,
sprig
,
sprit
,
sprout
,
stolon
,
stooge
,
switch
,
take
,
tendril
,
thallus
,
toy
,
trusting soul
,
twig
,
victim
mendicant
collapse
practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"
related words >
Albigensian
,
Catharist
,
Franciscan
,
Sabbatarian
,
Trappist
,
Waldensian
,
abbacomes
,
abbot
,
abstainer
,
abstinent
,
anchorite
,
anchoritic
,
ascetic
,
austere
,
beadsman
,
beggar
,
beggared
,
beggarly
,
begging
,
bereaved
,
bereft
,
bhikshu
,
brother
,
bum
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
cadging
,
caloyer
,
celibate
,
cenobite
,
conventual
,
conventual prior
,
coupon clippers
,
deprived
,
dervish
,
disadvantaged
,
drone
,
eremitic
,
fakir
,
flagellant
,
fleeced
,
freeloader
,
friar
,
ghettoized
,
grand prior
,
hermit
,
hieromonach
,
hobo
,
idle rich
,
impoverished
,
in need
,
in rags
,
in want
,
indigent
,
lay abbot
,
lay brother
,
leisure class
,
loafer
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant friar
,
mendicant order
,
monastic
,
monk
,
moocher
,
mooching
,
necessitous
,
needy
,
nonworker
,
on relief
,
out at elbows
,
palmer
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
pauperized
,
petitionary
,
pilgrim
,
pillar saint
,
pillarist
,
poverty-stricken
,
prayerful
,
precative
,
prior
,
puritan
,
puritanical
,
religieux
,
religious
,
rentiers
,
rigoristic
,
sannyasi
,
schnorrer
,
scrounger
,
scrounging
,
self-denying
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
starveling
,
stripped
,
stylite
,
suppliant
,
supplicant
,
supplicating
,
supplicatory
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
tramp
,
underprivileged
,
wedded to poverty
,
yogi
,
yogin
goldbrick
collapse
anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
an idle worthless person
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
related words >
abandon
,
boiler room
,
bucket shop
,
bum
,
bunco game
,
bungler
,
clock watcher
,
con game
,
confidence game
,
cut
,
dallier
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
disregarder
,
do-nothing
,
dodge
,
dodger
,
dog it
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drone
,
duck
,
duck duty
,
eye-servant
,
faineant
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
get out of
,
goldbricker
,
goof off
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
ignorer
,
jump
,
laggard
,
laze
,
lazy
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave undone
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loaf
,
loafer
,
loiter
,
loiterer
,
loll
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounge
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
malinger
,
malingerer
,
miss
,
mope
,
moper
,
neglecter
,
negligent
,
not pull fair
,
old soldier
,
omit
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
pretermit
,
procrastinate
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
shell game
,
shirk
,
shirker
,
skin game
,
skip
,
skulk
,
skulker
,
slack
,
slacker
,
sleepyhead
,
slide out of
,
slinker
,
slip out of
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
sloven
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
slut
,
snail
,
sneak out of
,
soldier
,
spiv
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
tax dodger
,
thimblerig
,
thimblerigging
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trifle
,
trifler
,
truant
,
waiter on Providence
,
welsh
,
welsher
beggar
collapse
a pauper who lives by begging
reduce to beggary
be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"
related words >
Arab
,
Bowery bum
,
almsman
,
almswoman
,
asker
,
baffle
,
bankrupt
,
beach bum
,
beachcomber
,
beggarly fellow
,
blighter
,
bloke
,
bo
,
budmash
,
bum
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
caitiff
,
casual
,
challenge
,
chap
,
charity case
,
coupon clippers
,
deadbeat
,
defy
,
derelict
,
devil
,
dogie
,
down-and-out
,
down-and-outer
,
drifter
,
drone
,
drunkard
,
fellow
,
freeloader
,
gamin
,
gamine
,
good-for-naught
,
good-for-nothing
,
guttersnipe
,
guy
,
hardcase
,
hobo
,
homeless waif
,
human wreck
,
idle rich
,
idler
,
impoverish
,
indigent
,
landloper
,
lazzarone
,
leisure class
,
loafer
,
losel
,
lounge lizard
,
lowlife
,
lumpen proletariat
,
man
,
mauvais sujet
,
mean wretch
,
mendicant
,
mendicant friar
,
mendicant order
,
moocher
,
mucker
,
mudlark
,
no-good
,
nonworker
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
pauper
,
pauperize
,
pauvre diable
,
penniless man
,
person
,
petitioner
,
piker
,
pilgarlic
,
poor creature
,
poor devil
,
poor man
,
poorling
,
prayer
,
ragamuffin
,
ragman
,
ragpicker
,
reduce
,
rentiers
,
rounder
,
sad case
,
sad sack
,
schnorrer
,
scrounger
,
ski bum
,
skid-row bum
,
spiv
,
sponge
,
sponger
,
starveling
,
stiff
,
stray
,
street Arab
,
street urchin
,
suitor
,
sundowner
,
suppliant
,
supplicant
,
supplicator
,
surf bum
,
swagman
,
swagsman
,
tatterdemalion
,
tennis bum
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
tramp
,
truant
,
turnpiker
,
urchin
,
vag
,
vagabond
,
vagrant
,
vaurien
,
waif
,
waifs and strays
,
want
,
wastrel
,
welfare client
,
worthless fellow
,
wretch
bummer
collapse
a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug
an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing; "having to stand in line so long was a real bummer"
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Arab
,
Bowery bum
,
adverse circumstances
,
adversity
,
affliction
,
aggravation
,
annoyance
,
bandit
,
beach bum
,
beachcomber
,
beggar
,
beggarly fellow
,
blight
,
blighter
,
bo
,
brigand
,
budmash
,
bum
,
cadger
,
caitiff
,
care
,
coupon clippers
,
cross
,
curse
,
depredator
,
derelict
,
devil
,
difficulties
,
difficulty
,
dogie
,
downer
,
drifter
,
drone
,
drunkard
,
forager
,
freebooter
,
freeloader
,
gamin
,
gamine
,
good-for-naught
,
good-for-nothing
,
guttersnipe
,
hard knocks
,
hard life
,
hard lot
,
hardcase
,
hardship
,
hobo
,
homeless waif
,
human wreck
,
idle rich
,
idler
,
irritation
,
landloper
,
lazzarone
,
leisure class
,
loafer
,
looter
,
losel
,
lounge lizard
,
lowlife
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mauvais sujet
,
mean wretch
,
mendicant
,
mendicant friar
,
mendicant order
,
moocher
,
mucker
,
mudlark
,
no-good
,
nonworker
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
pauvre diable
,
piker
,
pilgarlic
,
pillager
,
plight
,
plunderer
,
poor creature
,
poor devil
,
predicament
,
pressure
,
ragamuffin
,
ragman
,
ragpicker
,
rentiers
,
rigor
,
rounder
,
sad case
,
sad sack
,
schnorrer
,
scrounger
,
sea of troubles
,
ski bum
,
skid-row bum
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
stiff
,
stray
,
street Arab
,
street urchin
,
stress
,
stress of life
,
sundowner
,
surf bum
,
swagman
,
swagsman
,
tatterdemalion
,
tennis bum
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
tramp
,
trial
,
tribulation
,
trouble
,
troubles
,
truant
,
turnpiker
,
urchin
,
vag
,
vagabond
,
vagrant
,
vale of tears
,
vaurien
,
vicissitude
,
waif
,
waifs and strays
,
wastrel
,
worthless fellow
,
wretch
parasite
collapse
an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
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adherent
,
algae
,
appendage
,
attendance
,
attendant
,
autophyte
,
barnacle
,
bean
,
beat
,
bedbug
,
beggar
,
bloodsucker
,
body of retainers
,
bracken
,
brown algae
,
buff
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
cat flea
,
cavaliere servente
,
chigoe
,
climber
,
cockroach
,
cohort
,
conferva
,
confervoid
,
cortege
,
coupon clippers
,
court
,
courtier
,
crab
,
creeper
,
dangler
,
deadbeat
,
dependent
,
diatom
,
disciple
,
dog flea
,
drone
,
entourage
,
fan
,
fern
,
flea
,
flunky
,
follower
,
following
,
freeloader
,
fruits and vegetables
,
fucus
,
fungus
,
grapevine
,
grayback
,
green algae
,
gulfweed
,
hanger-on
,
henchman
,
herb
,
heterophyte
,
homme de cour
,
hyena
,
idle rich
,
idler
,
ivy
,
jackal
,
jigger
,
kelp
,
laze
,
leech
,
legume
,
leisure class
,
lentil
,
liana
,
lichen
,
liverwort
,
lounge lizard
,
louse
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant
,
mite
,
mold
,
moocher
,
mosquito
,
moss
,
mushroom
,
nit
,
nonworker
,
panhandler
,
parasitic plant
,
parasitize
,
partisan
,
pea
,
perthophyte
,
phytoplankton
,
planktonic algae
,
plant families
,
public
,
puffball
,
pulse
,
pursuer
,
pursuivant
,
red algae
,
red bug
,
rentiers
,
retinue
,
roach
,
rockweed
,
rout
,
rust
,
sand flea
,
saprophyte
,
sargasso
,
sargassum
,
satellite
,
scrounge
,
scrounger
,
sea lentil
,
sea moss
,
sea wrack
,
seaweed
,
sectary
,
shadow
,
smell-feast
,
smut
,
spiv
,
sponge
,
sponger
,
stooge
,
successor
,
succulent
,
sucker
,
suite
,
supporter
,
tagtail
,
tail
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
tick
,
toadstool
,
train
,
trainbearer
,
vermin
,
vetch
,
vine
,
votary
,
ward heeler
,
weevil
,
wood tick
,
wort
,
wrack
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