spanger

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

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spanger (plural spangers)

1. (US, slang, derogatory) beggar, one who uses the phrase “spare change?”
   • 2007, Pam Hogeweide, Spangers and Song on Hawthorne:[1]

     I squatted down on the sidewalk to get eye level with the spanger (someone who asks passerbys for spare change).

While sometimes used neutrally,[1] more often used pejoratively,[2][3][4][5] with connotations of professional begging.

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• Pranges, engrasp