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hanger-on

How to use hanger-on in a sentence

I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.

Besides the districts mentioned, tobacco is grown largely in that of Frankfort-on-the Oder.

Madame Malmaison had always been a little proud of the beauty and grace and sweetness of her fitter-on.

Berwick-on-Tweed lies partly in England and partly in Scotland, the river which runs through it forming the boundary line.

Undistinguished from any typical strap-hanger except perhaps by the light-hued eyes.

Lamb could visualize him putting his coat on a hanger, carefully folding a scarf over it.

Louis the Goon Engel was a mere walk-on in the piece, a spear-carrier doomed to death.

From Kingston-on-Thames, the perfectly kept road closely follows the river.

Do not think of by-standers and lookers-on; think only of the individual to whom you are addressing yourself.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985