spanger

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US/ˈspeɪnd͡ʒɚ/

noun

beggar, one who uses the phrase “spare change?”

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Meanings

nounspanger (plural spangers)

plural spangers

  1. USderogatoryslangbeggar, 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
beggar

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

spanger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spanger

MLA

“spanger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spanger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spanger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spanger.

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