hanger-on
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A decorative hanger-on, dependent on her rich friends and relatives, she is now 29 and still single when many more ordinary women in her rarefied New York circle have made successful matches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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
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
Here’s how the hangers-on are making it work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
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 music fades and we, the hangers-on, disperse.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
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
He was standing, straight and handsome and altogether by himself, alone in the room with the hangers-on as we shut the door.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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