cosherern.
/ˈkɒʃərə/, U.S. /ˈkɑʃərər/, /ˈkoʊʃərər/, Irish English /ˈkʌʃərər/ Ireland.
One who coshers, or lives by coshering.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating at another's expense > one who
feedera1616
cosherer1634
parasite1697
freeloader1933
dine-and-dasher1979
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite
clienta1393
lick-dishc1440
maunche present1440
scambler?a1513
smell-feast1519
parasite1539
hanger-on1549
parasitaster1552
waiter at the table1552
lick-trencher1571
hang-by1579
shadow1579
trencher-fly1590
trencher-friend1590
fawnguest1592
pot-hunter1592
lick-spigot1599
trencherman1599
shark1600
tub-hunter1600
zany1601
lick-box1611
by-hangera1626
cosherer1634
shirk1639
panlicker1641
clientelary1655
tantony1659
led friend1672
sponger1677
fetcher and carrier1751
myrmidon1800
trencher-licker1814
onhanger1821
tag-tail1835
sponge1838
lick-ladle1849
lick-platter1853
sucker1856
freeloader1933
bludger1938
ligger1977
joyrider1990
1634–5 Stat. Ireland 10–11 Chas. I c. 16 An Act for the Suppressing of Cosherers and Idle Wanderers.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 13 There are yet to spare, who are Casherers and Fait-neants, 220,000.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 153 Commissions were scattered profusely among idle cosherers who claimed to be descended from good Irish families.
1865 Times 11 Mar. A ‘cosherer’ is one who pretends to be an Irish gentleman, and will not work.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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