moochern.

Brit.

/ˈmuːtʃə/, U.S.

/ˈmutʃər/

Forms: Middle English 1800s mocher, 1600s 1800s– moucher, 1800s mochar, 1800s mutcher (English regional (London)), 1800s– moocher, 1800s– mootcher.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mooch v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < mooch v. + -er suffix¹.For discussion of the form in quot. a1425 at sense 1a, see mooch v.; with the sense in this passage, compare mitch v. 1.

Chiefly colloquial.

a. A person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer. Also: an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer

lurdanc1330

player1340

moochera1425

loon?c1450

lounger?a1513

idler1534

rest man1542

holiday-woman1548

baty bummill1568

bummill baty1568

friar-fly?1577

idol1579

lingerer1579

loll1582

idleby1589

shit-rags1598

blaitie bum1602

idle1635

Lollard1635

loiterer1684

saunterer1688

scobberlotchera1697

bumble1786

quisby1789

waffler1805

shoat1808

loafer1830

bummer1855

dead beat1863

bum1864

scowbanker1864

schnorrer1875

scowbank1881

ikey1906

layabout1932

lie-about1937

spine-basher1946

limer1964

a1425 Dialogue Reason & Adversity (Cambr.) (1968) 27 (MED) Nouȝt so, but it [sc. poverty] kepiþ þi place fro mochers and þeues.

1853 G. A. Sala Slang in Househ. Words 24 Sept. 75/2 Thieves are prigs, cracksmen, mouchers, gonophs, go-alongs.

1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home vii. 142 There are three kinds of poachers, the local men, the raiders,..and the ‘mouchers’—fellows..who occasionally loiter along the roads and hedges, picking up whatever they can lay hands on.

1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 89 Broad burdock leaves, which the mouchers put on the top of their baskets to shield their freshly gathered watercresses from the sunshine.

1921 H. Williamson Beautiful Years 60 As for Dolly..what for did her want to go out with a common crowstarver and moucher!

1989 Marketing Week 9 June 86/4 The role of moocher..is more difficult than it sounds since it involves ambling around the homestead ostensibly testing taps, light switches, door knobs and so forth but in reality avoiding work.

b. A beggar, a scrounger. Cf. mooch n. 4.

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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > by irregular means

motha1387

sorner1449

sucker?a1513

prowler1519

miligant1568

parasite1821

dog robber1832

ear-biter1855

moocher1857

schnorrer1875

toucher1896

scunge1900

scrounger1909

mooch1914

hum1919

hummer1919

hot-stuffer1929

scrounge1937

joyrider1990

1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 13 Moucher, beggar.

1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps iv. 395 Moocher, a beggar. This word is the generic term for tramps in England.

1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route ix. 96 A moocher may do all the things a panhandler does, only he draws smaller dividends because he lacks the salesman's poise.

1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xi. 75 You moocher, you—don't you respect a lady's natural curiosity? Be nice to me. After all, I'm paying for this party.

1994 Amer. Spectator Sept. 30/2 Federal regulations encourage housing welfare recipients to become deadbeats and moochers.

†2. An offender against something. Obsolete. rare.

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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > evil-doer > offender or transgressor

guilter12..

trespasser1362

transgressor1377

prevaricatora1425

surfeitera1425

offendera1450

delinquent1484

committer1509

violater1523

faulter1535

violator?1535

offendent1580

peccant1621

exceeder1625

moocher1675

culprit1769

sinner1809

1675 J. Brydall Jus Imaginis apud Anglos Pref. If High-Shoon Common-wealths-men, and other Mouchers against Honor, Decency, and Order should continue as they were wont before the Re-Erecting of this Honorable Court, I should be sorry.

3. regional. A child who plays truant from school, esp. (English regional) one who plays truant in order to pick blackberries; (hence) a blackberry picker.

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1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle x. 117 What a moucher you are, David! Allays after them blackberries.

1876 J. H. Ewing Jan of Windmill vi. 54 ‘I played moocher’, he continued—by which he meant truant.

1968 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 332/2 When we went to school, if anyone cut out going for a day we used to call the person who mooched a moocher.

4. U.S. (western) and Canadian. A person who fishes by means of mooching (see mooching n. 2).

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > angler > others

troller1653

ground angler1835

spinner1836

bankster1885

switcher1893

plunker1926

moocher1947

flatliner1984

1947 C. Haury in H. W. Howard Salmon Fishing on Puget Sound 86 Many moochers use as light as a 6 pound nylon line.

1980 D. Nuttall Mooching i. 10 Seldom will a moocher reveal the finer points of the art... Each moocher has certain tricks of the art that he keeps to himself..which will put a fish on his table while others have none.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moocher
释义	moochern. Brit. /ˈmuːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈmutʃər/ Forms: Middle English 1800s mocher, 1600s 1800s– moucher, 1800s mochar, 1800s mutcher (English regional (London)), 1800s– moocher, 1800s– mootcher. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mooch v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < mooch v. + -er suffix¹.For discussion of the form in quot. a1425 at sense 1a, see mooch v.; with the sense in this passage, compare mitch v. 1. Chiefly colloquial. 1. a. A person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer. Also: an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer lurdanc1330 player1340 moochera1425 loon?c1450 lounger?a1513 idler1534 rest man1542 holiday-woman1548 baty bummill1568 bummill baty1568 friar-fly?1577 idol1579 lingerer1579 loll1582 idleby1589 shit-rags1598 blaitie bum1602 idle1635 Lollard1635 loiterer1684 saunterer1688 scobberlotchera1697 bumble1786 quisby1789 waffler1805 shoat1808 loafer1830 bummer1855 dead beat1863 bum1864 scowbanker1864 schnorrer1875 scowbank1881 ikey1906 layabout1932 lie-about1937 spine-basher1946 limer1964 a1425 Dialogue Reason & Adversity (Cambr.) (1968) 27 (MED) Nouȝt so, but it [sc. poverty] kepiþ þi place fro mochers and þeues. 1853 G. A. Sala Slang in Househ. Words 24 Sept. 75/2 Thieves are prigs, cracksmen, mouchers, gonophs, go-alongs. 1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home vii. 142 There are three kinds of poachers, the local men, the raiders,..and the ‘mouchers’—fellows..who occasionally loiter along the roads and hedges, picking up whatever they can lay hands on. 1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 89 Broad burdock leaves, which the mouchers put on the top of their baskets to shield their freshly gathered watercresses from the sunshine. 1921 H. Williamson Beautiful Years 60 As for Dolly..what for did her want to go out with a common crowstarver and moucher! 1989 Marketing Week 9 June 86/4 The role of moocher..is more difficult than it sounds since it involves ambling around the homestead ostensibly testing taps, light switches, door knobs and so forth but in reality avoiding work. b. A beggar, a scrounger. Cf. mooch n. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > by irregular means motha1387 sorner1449 sucker?a1513 prowler1519 miligant1568 parasite1821 dog robber1832 ear-biter1855 moocher1857 schnorrer1875 toucher1896 scunge1900 scrounger1909 mooch1914 hum1919 hummer1919 hot-stuffer1929 scrounge1937 joyrider1990 1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 13 Moucher, beggar. 1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps iv. 395 Moocher, a beggar. This word is the generic term for tramps in England. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route ix. 96 A moocher may do all the things a panhandler does, only he draws smaller dividends because he lacks the salesman's poise. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xi. 75 You moocher, you—don't you respect a lady's natural curiosity? Be nice to me. After all, I'm paying for this party. 1994 Amer. Spectator Sept. 30/2 Federal regulations encourage housing welfare recipients to become deadbeats and moochers. †2. An offender against something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > evil-doer > offender or transgressor guilter12.. trespasser1362 transgressor1377 prevaricatora1425 surfeitera1425 offendera1450 delinquent1484 committer1509 violater1523 faulter1535 violator?1535 offendent1580 peccant1621 exceeder1625 moocher1675 culprit1769 sinner1809 1675 J. Brydall Jus Imaginis apud Anglos Pref. If High-Shoon Common-wealths-men, and other Mouchers against Honor, Decency, and Order should continue as they were wont before the Re-Erecting of this Honorable Court, I should be sorry. 3. regional. A child who plays truant from school, esp. (English regional) one who plays truant in order to pick blackberries; (hence) a blackberry picker. ΚΠ 1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle x. 117 What a moucher you are, David! Allays after them blackberries. 1876 J. H. Ewing Jan of Windmill vi. 54 ‘I played moocher’, he continued—by which he meant truant. 1968 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 332/2 When we went to school, if anyone cut out going for a day we used to call the person who mooched a moocher. 4. U.S. (western) and Canadian. A person who fishes by means of mooching (see mooching n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > angler > others troller1653 ground angler1835 spinner1836 bankster1885 switcher1893 plunker1926 moocher1947 flatliner1984 1947 C. Haury in H. W. Howard Salmon Fishing on Puget Sound 86 Many moochers use as light as a 6 pound nylon line. 1980 D. Nuttall Mooching i. 10 Seldom will a moocher reveal the finer points of the art... Each moocher has certain tricks of the art that he keeps to himself..which will put a fish on his table while others have none. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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