spanger
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spanger
- /ˈspeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From spange + -er (“person who does”), root blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “spare any change?”.
noun spangers
- beggar, one who uses the phrase “spare change?” I squatted down on the sidewalk to get eye level with the spanger (someone who asks passerbys for spare change).
