What is fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast. Swift called?
sponge — Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast. Swift. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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