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sponging

1. presentparticiple andgerund ofsponge
   • 1881–1882,Robert Louis Stevenson,Treasure Island, London; Paris:Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883,→OCLC:

     I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar,sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach!

sponging (pluralspongings)

1. The application of a sponge.
   • 1815, William Shearman,New Medical and Physical Journal:

     I have employed cold air, and very oftenspongings with cold water, in order to moderate the preternatural heat of the skin, and to check the increased velocity of the circulation.

• sponging-house

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