Definitions for: Sponging

Webster (1913) Definition: Spon"ging,
a. & n. from Sponge, v.

Sponging house (Eng. Law), a bailiff's or other house in
which debtors are put before being taken to jail, or until
they compromise with their creditors. At these houses
extortionate charges are commonly made for food, lodging,
etc.