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hangers-on

hangers-on is the plural of hanger-on.

Meaning of hanger-on

Noun

hanger-on (plural hangers-on)

  1. Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.
    • Her love was sought, I do aver, / By twenty beaux and more; / The king himself has follow'd her / When she has walk'd before. / But now her wealth and finery fled, / Her hangers-on cut short all […]c. 1760-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex, Mrs Mary Blaze
  2. (historical) An onsetter.

Questions about hangers-on

What is hangers-on the plural of?
Hangers-on is the plural of hanger-on.

Words near hangers-on in the dictionary

  1. hangerock
  2. hangerocks
  3. hangers
  4. hangers and floggers
  5. hangers on
  6. hangers-on
  7. hangest
  8. hangeth
  9. hangeul
  10. hangeulisation
  11. hangeulization

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