Sentences with phrase «like scroungers»

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Labour's awkward compromise in this area makes it look like they can't decide, while Labour voters especially applaud the Tory approach to a get tough policy on welfare — they are often the people who see abuse of the system at first hand, and for them, fairness is about stamping on scroungers and shirkers.

Not like those damn scroungers defrauding benefits.

Hendley (James Garner) is the «scrounger,» whose job is to get a hold of things like picks and shovels as well as ID badges and documents.

In the stuffy words of the old (not updated) OED definition: a scrounger, a bluffer, a cadger; smooth talking is the theme here — to blag — origin uncertain, like all the best words, but maybe related to French blague, or joke.