Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) A genuine Moucher is born,.not made,... Edited January 20, 2016 by Phil Lloyd 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
random 659 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Having a mooch, in general terms , is just having a look around. It has nothing whatsoever to do with hunting/poaching or whatever. A mooch can be in an antiques fair, a cattle auction at Melton, a monthly farm sale or whatever. I have a mooch down the allotment to see if any scrotes have given me a visit. Mooch is a lovely term , mentally, allowing you to go wherever you please. A person that never stops begging is a moocher,,and while he is doing the begging he is mooching,, know a good few of them but usually keep safe distance,,,,,LOL Agree with these,I take it to mean wander,be it just a walk or forage,maybe poach would count? The scrounging one I would say is another meaning but I don't say it just know what people mean... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,132 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 A mooch or moocher is a scrounger and mooching is to wonder about aimlessly . http://www.thefreedictionary.com/moocher To me mooching means going for walk and look around with the possibility of some sport but with no great expectations. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,888 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 To me mooching means roughly the same thing as "dogging" but my wife says I'm not allowed to use that word anymore...especially if I'm mooching near a particular carpark on the top of Portsdown Hill! On a more serious note, I think it's one of those words which has slightly different connotations for different people e.g. for the last twenty five years, mooching (or dogging) is something I do in the company of my dogs whereas before that it was something I did with a plastic tub on the old railway line looking for toads and slow-worms or on the local golf course looking for nests. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,297 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Bloody prowlers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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