Definitionn. a workman employed to collect sponges
Last update: June 19, 2015
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An entirely different meaning ("sponger") became attached to the word from the character introduced into the Middle and New Comedy, first by Alexis, and firmly established by Diphilus. [Please select]
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The parrot replaced the rammer by the side of the sponger, and waited for further orders, standing erect close to the rear of the gun. [Please select]
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The rammer and sponger lay by the side of the small field-piece. [Please select]
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Then a sponger fell, and then the gunner himself was slain by the bullet. [Please select]
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