hangers-on

Noun

The word is derived from hanger-on

Meaning

of Hanger-on

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Examples

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy. Frank Bruno

Every group of six or more has its inner circle, its outer circle, and its hangers-on. Mignon McLaughlin

A few hours later, in a function room packed with actors and producers, comedians, corporates and hangers-on, Newman arrived and the A-List turned its collective head. Source: Internet

Elements of tracks will leak from a studio session, usually via engineers or hangers-on, and these “snippets” of unfinished material make their way to listeners. Source: Internet

As applied here, the right to be free from hangers-on and interlopers who reap what they do not sow -- to put a fine point on the matter, to exploit knowledge and information that they had no part in creating." Source: Internet

He has shed himself of the political baggage and negative vibes from political hangers-on who did him major political damage throughout his first five-year term in office. Source: Internet

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