hanger-on

  • 31hanger-on — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hanger on : singular hanger on plural hangers on informal showing disapproval someone who spends time with a powerful, rich, or famous person in order to get some personal advantage …

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  • 32hanger —   Kā.    ♦ Hanger for gourds, kā ipu.    ♦ Hanger for bowls, kā umeke …

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  • 33hanger — 1. n. 1 a person or thing that hangs. 2 (in full coat hanger) a shaped piece of wood or plastic etc. from which clothes may be hung. Phrases and idioms: hanger on (pl. hangers on) a follower or dependant, esp. an unwelcome one. 2. n. Brit. a wood …

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  • 34hanger-on — noun someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along • Syn: ↑tagalong • Derivationally related forms: ↑tag along (for: ↑tagalong) • Hypernyms: ↑fo …

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  • 35hanger — See: CREPE HANGER …

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  • 36hanger — See: CREPE HANGER …

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  • 37hanger — Bridle iron Bri dle i ron (Arch.) A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; called also {stirrup} and {hanger}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 38Hänger — Wagon; Waggon; Wägeli (schweiz.); Wagen * * * Hạn|ger 〈m. 3〉 kurze Kette, kurzes Tau, an dem der Ladebaum o. Ä. hängt * * * Hạ̈n|ger, der; s, : 1. a) weit geschnittener, lose fallender Damenmantel; …

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  • 39hanger — noun Hanger is used after these nouns: ↑clothes, ↑coat, ↑wire …

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  • 40hanger — hang|er [ hæŋər ] noun count a small frame for hanging clothes such as jackets and shirts on so that they keep their shape: COAT HANGER …

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