Sponger

n.	1.	One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
	2.	One employed in gathering sponges.
	3.	Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.

Noun	1.	sponger - a workman employed to collect sponges
	2.	sponger - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage Synonyms: leech, parasite, sponge

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