hanger-on
Example Sentences
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Most of his close friends work in music, including Kenny Beats, who composed Oliver’s songs for “Lurker,” and Zack Fox, who plays a hanger-on in the film and is a DJ in real life.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
In “The Bear,” Matty Matheson, the Canadian chef and restaurateur, plays the hanger-on and handyman Neil, his first scripted role.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023
Moussaoui “was trying to write a role for himself into history,” Mr. MacMahon said, “when the truth is, he was an al-Qaeda hanger-on and a nuisance to everybody.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023
Jamie saw himself as the fresh young star and Roy as the aging, hanger-on standing in his way.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023
She was with that whole Zach Powers crew, and not as a hanger-on either.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
