Diccionario Lunfardo. Adolfo Enrique Rodríguez. 2011.
Sponging — Spon ging ( j[i^]ng), a. & n. from {Sponge}, v. [1913 Webster] {Sponging house} (Eng. Law), a bailiff s or other house in which debtors are put before being taken to jail, or until they compromise with their creditors. At these houses… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sponging — Sponge Sponge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sponged} (sp[u^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sponging} (sp[u^]n j[i^]ng).] 1. To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth. [1913 Webster] 2. To wipe… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sponging — veltėdystė statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Komensalizmo forma, pagrįsta organizmų tarprūšinio sugyvenimo mitybos ryšiais, kai komensalas maitinasi organizmo (stambiojo plėšrūno), ant kurio arba kuriame gyvena, maisto… … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
Sponging house — Sponging Spon ging ( j[i^]ng), a. & n. from {Sponge}, v. [1913 Webster] {Sponging house} (Eng. Law), a bailiff s or other house in which debtors are put before being taken to jail, or until they compromise with their creditors. At these houses… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sponging-house — A sponging house was a one time place of temporary confinement for debtors in the United Kingdom. If someone were to get into debt, their creditor would lay a complaint with the sheriff, the sheriff sent his bailiffs, and the debtor would be… … Wikipedia
sponging house — noun Etymology: sponging (gerund of sponge) (II) + house; from the extortionate charges made there for food and lodging : a house usually maintained by a bailiff for keeping debtors for a day to afford opportunity to come to terms with their… … Useful english dictionary
sponging — Synonyms and related words: abject, ablution, absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption, apple polishing, ass kissing, assimilation, backscratching, beggarly, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, bone lazy, bootlicking, brown nosing … Moby Thesaurus
sponging — spÊŒndÊ’ n. aquatic animal with a porous outer body and a rigid or elastic skeleton; skeleton of a sponge; piece of flexible and absorbent plastic or rubber used for cleaning; one or that which absorbs; sponger v. clean with a sponge; wipe with a … English contemporary dictionary
SPONGING — … Useful english dictionary
sponging-house — noun A place of temporary confinement for debtors, kept by a bailiff, where debtors were sponged of all money they had on themselves, before being transferred to debtors prison … Wiktionary
