HANGER-ON
NOUNS, PERSON
– ABBEY-LOON an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house …1509 sl.
– ABBEY-LUBBER an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house …1509 sl.
– AMW a vacuous female celebrity or hanger-on (Actress, Model, Whatever) …1988 US sl.
– BARNACLE one who pays too close an attendance; a hanger-on …1607
– BLOCKER a hanger-on …1970 Amer. dial.
– BY-HANGER † a hanger-on; a parasite …a1626
– CABOOSE a person who continually follows along behind; a hanger-on; someone bringing up the rear …19C US sl.
– CAMP FOLLOWER n. a hanger-on …Bk1999
– DAGGER a hanger-on; a criminal associate …1980s Aust. sl.
– DANGLER a hanger-on, a dallying follower …arch.
– FEFNICUTE a hypocrite; a mean, sneaking fellow; a parasite, a hanger-on …1864 Eng. dial.
– HANG-BY a term of contempt for a dependant or hanger-on …1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HANGEREL a lazy, idle, good-for-nothing person; a hanger-on …1805 Eng. dial.
– HANGER-ON a follower or dependant …1549
– HANGIE a hanger-on, one who obtained a place in a public conveyance for less than the usual fare or travelled free …1802 Sc.
– HANG-ON † a hanger-on, a mean dependant …1589
– HANGRELL a lazy, idle, good-for-nothing person; a hanger-on …1805 Eng. dial.
– HEELER * (chiefly depreciative) a follower who works to further the interests of a politician or other powerful person, esp. one who is obsequious or unscrupulous; a flunkey; a hanger-on …1875 US
– HING-BY a hanger-on, a toady or sycophant; a parasite; a dependent or adherent; a flatterer …Bk1828 Eng. dial.
– HINGER-ON a toady, a parasite, a hanger-on …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HING-ON a dependent or adherent; a toady, a parasite, a hanger-on …Bk1828 Eng. dial.
– INTERLOPER a hanger-on; one who is dependent upon others …1690 sl.
– KATTERZEM ‘a man willing to go out dining at a moment’s notice’; a parasite, a hanger-on …1909 Sc.
– LACKEY, LACQUEY † a hanger-on; a camp follower …1556 obs. or arch.
– LACKEY-DOG a skulking hanger-on …1940s W. Indies sl.
– LEANER in sports: a hanger-on who gives unwanted advice or makes obnoxious comments …1981 US sl.
– LED-CAPTAIN a hanger-on, a dependant, a parasite …1672
– LITTLE CASINO a small or inconsequential person; a hanger-on …1904 US sl.
– LOBBY-GOW an errand-boy, messenger, or hanger-on …1906 US sl.
– LURK a hanger-on; an eavesdropper …20C Aust. sl.
– MACKEREL a hanger-on, a parasite …2000s sl.
– MONGREL a sponger; a hanger-on among cheats …c1720 cant
– MOOCHER a hanger-on at a saloon …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MOOTCHER a hanger-on at a saloon …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MOUCHER a hanger-on at a saloon …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– ONHANGER a dependent, a hanger-on …1821 Sc.
– PARASITE one who eats at the table or at the expense of another; always with opprobrious application; one who obtains the hospitality, patronage, or favour of the wealthy or powerful by obsequiousness and flattery; a hanger-on from interested motives; a toady, a servile flatterer …1539
– PENNY-DOG a tagalong; a toady; a hanger-on; a servile follower …1953 Amer. dial.
– PENNY-PUP a tagalong; a toady; a hanger-on; a servile follower …1967 Amer. dial.
– SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SLAPSAUCE † a parasite, toady, hanger-on …B1900
– SLONK a lazy slinking fellow; an idle, dissolute person; an indolent, clownish fellow; a hanger-on …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SUCCUBUS a thieving hanger-on; a scoundrel …1700 sl.
– TAG-HEELS a tagalong; a sycophant; a parasite; a hanger-on; somebody who always follows along behind; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.
– TAG-TAIL a tagalong; a servile flatterer; one who curries favour; a sycophant; a parasite; a hanger-on; somebody who always follows along behind; one who lags behind …1834
– TAIL a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.
– TAIL-BEHIND a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.
– TAIL END a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.
– TAILER a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind; a follower …1942 Amer. dial.
– TAILGATE a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.
– TAIL-TAGGER a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.
– TAIL-TWISTER a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1965 Amer. dial.
– TAR BUCKET a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind …1915 Amer. dial.
– TIGER † a sponger, a hanger-on, a parasite; rake, a swell-mobsman …1849 sl.
– ZANY * an attendant, follower, companion, or assistant; almost always contemptuous; sometimes, a hanger-on, a parasite. a servile flatterer …1601 rare or arch.