prosser en · NOUN
Etymology
From pross + -er.
Meanings
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(UK, obsolete, slang) One who prosses; a sponger or scrounger.
[…] 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, […]
1958, Guy Deghy, Paradise in the Strand: The Story of Romano's, page 164:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prossers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |