What is fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. "How came such multitudes of our nation . . . to be sponged of their plate and their money" South called?
sponge — Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. "How came such multitudes of our nation . . . to be sponged of their plate and their money" South. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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