noun Slang.
- a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
noun
- US slang a person who lives off the charity of others; professional beggar
n.1892, from Yiddish, “beggar,” from German slang schnurrer, from schnurren “to go begging” (slang), perhaps ultimately imitative of the sound of pleading or whining (e.g. sneer, snorkel, snarl).