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hanger-on

[ hang-er-on, -awn ]

noun

plural hangers-on.
  1. a person who remains in a place or joins a group, another person, etc., especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain, even though their presence may be neither wanted nor needed.

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hanger-on

noun

  1. a sycophantic follower or dependant, esp one hoping for personal gain
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hanger-on1

1540–50; noun use of verb phrase hang on; -er 1
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Except he’s the geek, the hanger-on, the money man, so nobody does.

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Many of the president’s fat-cat hangers-on — including his new Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent — had convinced themselves that Trump wasn’t really the “tariff man†he describes himself as.

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