danglern.
/ˈdaŋɡlə/, U.S. /ˈdæŋɡlər/ 1. One who dangles; one who hangs or hovers about a woman; a dallying follower.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > other types of companion
consenter1303
pew-fellow1533
bander1563
intercommoner1567
convenera1572
compeer1574
copemate1593
coherent1598
minion1598
barnacle1607
intercommuner1620
shade1667
dangler1728
rafiq1783
esquire1824
Sancho1870
tag-along1961
homeboy1965
bredda1969
arm piece1975
the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt > dallying male follower
dangler1728
1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques iii. i. 29 The Dangler after a Woman.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Dangler, so the Women in Contempt call a Man, who is always hanging after them, but never puts the Question home.
1770 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 104 ‘You see’, she cried, ‘what a Herd of Danglers flutter around you.’
1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 299 Fashionable danglers after literature.
1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xix. 66 Dick Coppin was not..a dangler after girls' apron-strings.
2. A dangling appendage or part.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended > danglingly
dangling1611
dingle-dangle1622
dangler1731
dangle1888
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Vitis You must go over the Vines again..rubbing off all Danglers, as before, and training in the leading Shoots.
1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose iv The long red pendant to his [a turkey-cock's] nose: I confess to being ignorant as to what function that long flabby dangler has to fulfil.
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