hanger-on
Example Sentences
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When Thoreau set out for his first of his three chronicled trips to Cape Cod in 1849, he was a virtually unknown hanger-on to America’s foremost public intellectual, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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
Jamie saw himself as the fresh young star and Roy as the aging, hanger-on standing in his way.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023
She was with that whole Zach Powers crew, and not as a hanger-on either.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
