Usage of "hanger-on" | TermGallery

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Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along.

Ús de hanger-on en anglès

The whole gang of hanger-on chiefs is perpetually loaded to the guards. 
 A Son of the Sun 

You will become a dependent in this house, a hanger-on, a sponger. 
 Love, the Fiddler 

I don't care two straws about Deronda, or any other conceited hanger-on. 
 Daniel Deronda 

The Oracle is humble enough before the hanger-on of the turf. 
 Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories 

He's not much of a hanger-on at the best of times. 
 The Guardian 

And very different. She nodded, as yet another hanger-on stopped at their table. 
 Second chance 

I cannot go on living as a hanger-on in this house. 
 The Malady of the Century 

Huntley soon developed a reputation as a hanger-on, desperate for acceptance. 
 The Guardian 

Then he became a hanger-on at the clubs, a genteel loafer. 
 The Sport of the Gods 

Not a hanger-on, PR person or even a snapper in sight. 
 The Irish Times 

Mine came last of all, as that of a mere interloper and hanger-on. 
 Spanish Doubloons 

He the useful member of society, and I the mere hanger-on? 
 The Malady of the Century 

Nor have you, O poor parasite and humble hanger-on, much reason to complain! 
 Vanity Fair 

Curse you and your vile hints, you mongrel, you hanger-on, you scurrilous beast! 
 A Millionaire of Yesterday 

He will always be a hanger-on as we call them, in the business world. 
 Joe the Hotel Boy; Or, Winning out by Pluck 

He is a hanger-on at the tables of our enemies. 
 The Lighted Way 

Translations for hanger-on

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Significats de hanger-on en anglès