Hang-by

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dependent; a hanger-on. derogatory, obsolete

    "; I am not afraid of you nor them neither, your hang-by's here. You must have your poets, and your potlings; your solados and foolados; to follow you up and down the city"

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"; I am not afraid of you nor them neither, your hang-by's here. You must have your poets, and your potlings; your solados and foolados; to follow you up and down the city"

Etymology

From hang + by.

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