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- noun Plural form of
hanger-on .
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Examples
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It will be interesting to see how Stewart and Colbert contend with these various hangers-on.
Politico Has Concerns About Rally To Restore Sanity For Some Reason The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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It will be interesting to see how Stewart and Colbert contend with these various hangers-on.
Politico Has Concerns About Rally To Restore Sanity For Some Reason Jason Linkins 2010
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As the show progressed, with no security staff whatsoever, the wings of the stage started getting jammed with hangers-on from backstage and other kids from the audience who'd finally had the nerve to climb up out of the crowd.
Binky Philips: Pete Townshend Meets My Mom and Dad at the Fillmore East Binky Philips 2010
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It will be interesting to see how Stewart and Colbert contend with these various hangers-on.
Politico Has Concerns About Rally To Restore Sanity For Some Reason Jason Linkins 2010
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Sure, party hangers-on hoping for sweetheart contracts and other favors care, and are working overtime using the issues we care about, and fears about what "the other guy" might do to us, to try to make us care who wins as well.
Andy Thayer: Who Cares Who Wins the Elections Andy Thayer 2010
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I wonder if the Founders knew that Washington, DC would be full of so many squatters, parasites, and hangers-on.
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Maybe some hangers-on at “Homeland Security” (note to Obama: abolish this Orwellian agency) decided they were a clear and present danger. —
Ban on Strollers for Inauguration - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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But the men who did go on the stampede were mainly the worthless ones, the newcomers, and the camp hangers-on.
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Every four years, when Michael Bloomberg runs for Mayor, the Big Apple is transformed into a winter wonderland where it's Christmas all year round — at least for the consultants, ad salespeople, canvassers, caterers, and hangers-on whom the mayor employs.
Quantitative electioneering Ezra Klein 2010
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Sure, party hangers-on hoping for sweetheart contracts and other favors care, and are working overtime using ...
Andy Thayer: Who Cares Who Wins the Elections Andy Thayer 2010
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