Prosser
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 One who prosses; a sponger or scrounger. UK, obsolete, slang
"[…] swore that he had a vast income of his own and only borrowed money for the pleasure he got out of the process. A man unfleeced was a day lost in the life of Fatty. Seasoned bookies like Charlie Head or Dick Dunn, as shrewd a moneylender as Sam Lewis, or even other prossers, […]"
- 1 A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
- 2 A former settlement in Nevada County, California, United States.
- 3 A village in Adams County, Nebraska, United States.
- 4 A city, the county seat of Benton County, Washington, United States.
Example
More examples"[…] swore that he had a vast income of his own and only borrowed money for the pleasure he got out of the process. A man unfleeced was a day lost in the life of Fatty. Seasoned bookies like Charlie Head or Dick Dunn, as shrewd a moneylender as Sam Lewis, or even other prossers, […]"
Etymology
Anglicised from Welsh ap + Rhosier, "son of Roger".
From pross + -er.
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