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She sees him for the talentless, wanna-be-famous hanger-on that he is.
Michael Fassbender Plays A Rocker in A Papier-Mâché Head in the Strange Sundance Film ‘Frank’ | Marlow Stern | January 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe pesky hanger-on evidently possessed an understanding of my immune system that allopathic medicine has yet to match.
An Epidemic of Absence: Destroying the Bugs in Our Bodies Can Be Dangerous to Our Health | Moises Velasquez-Manoff | September 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile still in humble circumstances and obscure, he was a hanger-on in the suit of the Governor of Africa.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | Various
"I am a bookseller's hanger-on—you are going to try your paces as a hack," Warrington said, with a laugh.
A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 | William Makepeace ThackerayRupert, his son, was but a penniless hanger-on at the royal court; the manor of Lorne a fire-gutted wreckage.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonNor can such a person be a mere fribble; nor can any loose hanger-on of fashion imagine he may assume the character.
The Fitz-Boodle Papers | William Makepeace ThackerayI must be mighty careful or I'll lose my point of view and become a wretched hanger-on at the skirts of these fakers.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig | David Graham Phillips
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