The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SCROUNGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SCROUNGE
- Miser has to get a foreign article for nothing — what he must do?
- Nothing given away by skinflint pinching a Parisian's bum
- Bum mix of Cure song
- Bum, of course, wobbling – no good interfering
- Charlie’s enthralled by surgeon wiggling bum
- Soprano caught top of nail in make-up sponge
- Beg for rugs once accommodated
- Cadge from miser, importing one in France for nothing
- Beg surgeon for facelift, having caught cold
- Beg for new course to cover new ground initially
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What does SCROUNGE mean?
SCROUNGE noun- Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
- To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
- To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.