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spanger

noun
/ˈspeɪnd͡ʒɚ/US

Etymology

From spange + -er (“person who does”), root blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “spare any change?”.

  1. derived from change
  2. inherited from change
  3. derived from *kambos✻
  4. derived from cambion
  5. derived from cambio
  6. derived from cambiāre
  7. derived from changier
  8. inherited from changen
  9. compounded as spange — “spare + change”
  10. suffixed as spanger — “spange + er”

Definitions

  1. 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).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA