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"word": "molly moocher"
}
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"ref": "2012 September 22, “CNN’s woes: Unbiased and unloved”, in The Economist",
"text": "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.",
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}
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"A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves."
],
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[
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"tendency"
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[
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"help",
"help"
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],
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"(chiefly derogatory) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves."
],
"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐgài",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "乞丐"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "somrák"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "loudil"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bietser"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "profiteur"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasiet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "lokki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tapeur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tapeuse"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedichón"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "aprobeitado"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schnorrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schnorrerin"
},
{
"alt": "きつかい",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kitsukai",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "乞丐"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snylter"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poprošájka",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "попроша́йка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobirúška",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "побиру́шка"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poberúška",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "поберу́шка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sgimilear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "snyltare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "paasa"
}
]
}
],
"word": "moocher"
}
{
"derived": [
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"word": "molly moocher"
}
],
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 September 22, “CNN’s woes: Unbiased and unloved”, in The Economist",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"tendency",
"tendency"
],
[
"take advantage",
"take advantage"
],
[
"help",
"help"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly derogatory) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐgài",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "乞丐"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "somrák"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "loudil"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bietser"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "profiteur"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasiet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "lokki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tapeur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tapeuse"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedichón"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "aprobeitado"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schnorrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schnorrerin"
},
{
"alt": "きつかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kitsukai",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "乞丐"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snylter"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poprošájka",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "попроша́йка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobirúška",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "побиру́шка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poberúška",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "поберу́шка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sgimilear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "snyltare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others",
"word": "paasa"
}
],
"word": "moocher"
}
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