HANGER-ON


Meaning of HANGER-ON in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Several of Warhol's friends and hangers-on were interviewed for the documentary.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Before our journey we had discussed whether the court and its hangers-on would be there.

Go and be a hanger-on at Henry's storehouses, and pick up what grain you can.

He felt like a hanger-on , a toady.

He made friends easily though he occasionally collected the odd hanger-on who I felt sure was only waiting for a Sheikhly hand-out.

Soon the twins and their brunettes and various glamorous hangers-on were all stripped off round the pool.

The greater houses still served as general assembly rooms for a host of petitioners, relatives, friends and hangers-on.

The Tiller fame and fortune had also become an attraction for hangers-on to members of his family.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.