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Webster 1913 Edition

Sponging

Spon′ging

(-jĭng)
,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Sponge
,
Verb.
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 extortionate charges are commonly made for food, lodging, etc.

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