spanger
nounUS /ˈspeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
Etymology From spange + -er (“person who does”), root blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “spare any change?”.
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US, Derogatory, Slang 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).2007, Pam Hogeweide, Spangers and Song on Hawthorne
- Related terms
- spange, spanging