hanger-on

Instead, the question is met with a punchline, as Kara admits to her hanger-on that she’s known as Supergirl.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

When Thoreau set out for his first of his three chronicled trips to Cape Cod in 1849, he was a virtually unknown hanger-on to America’s foremost public intellectual, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Except he’s the geek, the hanger-on, the money man, so nobody does.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 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

She was with that whole Zach Powers crew, and not as a hanger-on either.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

The last of them, these spent survivors, these hangers-on, had trudged to the Citrus Show to talk about the real problem, which was the disease.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

The way I see it, many Epstein hangers-on believed they were doing nothing wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

A political get together, a party conference for the politicians, members, and associated hangers-on, would never transform a prime minister's fortunes with the public overnight.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025

And for a person who is surrounded by hangers-on, he also seems very alone.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2024

The boy was nineteen years old, alone except for his sword-handler, and the three hangers-on, and the bull-fight was to commence in twenty minutes.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway