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spangers

US/ˈspeɪnd͡ʒɚz/

spangers is the plural of spanger.

Meaning of spanger

Noun

spanger (plural spangers)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) beggar, one who uses the phrase “spare change?”
    • I squatted down on the sidewalk to get eye level with the spanger (someone who asks passerbys for spare change).2007, Pam Hogeweide, Spangers and Song on Hawthorne

Questions about spangers

What is spangers the plural of?
Spangers is the plural of spanger.
How do you pronounce spangers?
Spangers is pronounced /ˈspeɪnd͡ʒɚz/ (US).

Words near spangers in the dictionary

  1. Spangenberg
  2. Spangenbergs
  3. spangenhelm
  4. spangenhelms
  5. spanger
  6. spangers
  7. spanges
  8. spanghew
  9. spanghewed
  10. spanghewing
  11. spanghews

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