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"You will become a dependent in this house, a hanger-on, a sponger.— Love, the Fiddler
I perceive now that a hanger-on of the market had no right to expect a happier fate than mine has been. '— Diana of the Crossways — Complete
'I'll be no great man's hanger-on.'— Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1
It will be far better to go seldom, and with that gentlemanly spirit, than often, with the air of a hanger-on.— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3
"She is quite typical -- just a plain mining camp hanger-on who drifted down our way."— The Silver Horde
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