hanger-on
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
