| 释义 |
† ˈby-ˌhanger Obs.
[f. by- 2 a + hanger.]
a. A hanger-on, a parasite.
b. An appendage.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 275 b, How many byhangers do you couple to this uniforme & common creed? 1591Horsey Trav. (1857) 216 Sir Jerom Bowes offers to prove it by one Finch, a by-hanger of his. |