Spange
//speɪnd͡ʒ// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?” US, intransitive
"1996, Tim “Salvage”, quoted in Ian Fisher, “Erin’s looking for Leg-Rub Steve. Fly’s looking for CD’s to steal. Star’s looking for Jaya. And it’s starting to get cold.” I don’t spange much because I really don’t like doing it. I eat out of trash cans a lot."
Example
More examples"1996, Tim “Salvage”, quoted in Ian Fisher, “Erin’s looking for Leg-Rub Steve. Fly’s looking for CD’s to steal. Star’s looking for Jaya. And it’s starting to get cold.” I don’t spange much because I really don’t like doing it. I eat out of trash cans a lot."
Etymology
Blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “[can you] spare any change?”
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