Spanger vs Spadger - What's the difference?
spanger | spadger |
(US, pejorative) beggar, one who uses the phrase “spare change?”
* 2007 , Pam Hogeweide,
*:I squatted down on the sidewalk to get eye level with the spanger (someone who asks passerbys for spare change).
(UK, slang) A sparrow.
* 1961 , Margery Allingham, Three cases for Mr. Campion (page 82)
* (Roald Dahl), The Swan
As nouns the difference between spanger and spadger
is that spanger is while spadger is (uk|slang) a sparrow.spanger
English
Noun
(en noun)Spangers and Song on Hawthorne]:[http://godmessedmeup.blogspot.com/2007/11/spangers-and-song-on-hawthorne.html Spangers and Song on Hawthorne, by Pam Hogeweide, November 2007
Usage notes
While sometimes used neutrally, more often used pejoratively,The Plague of Professional Panhandling], August 26, 2008, by Steven Malanga, The Dallas Morning News[http://www.newser.com/story/37926/panhandlers-more-often-pros-than-cons.html Panhandlers More Often Pros Than Cons: It's a full-time gig for some, and cities make little headway with efforts to stop begging], by Kate Schwartz, Newster, Sep 22, 2008[http://questionland.portlandmercury.com/questions/3494-what-can-we-do-about-spangers What can we do about spangers?], The Portland Mercury, [http://questionland.portlandmercury.com/ Questionland][http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/03/atl-giving-meters-program-off.html Atlanta ‘Giving Meters’ Program off to Slow Start, by Jay Black, WSB News, March 28, 2009 with connotations of professional begging.
References
spadger
English
Noun
(en noun)- The broadcasting blokes are twittering away like spadgers over there.
- 'If you think spadgers is easy,' the father said, 'go get yourself a jenny wren. Jenny wrens is 'alf the size of spadgers and they never sit still for one second. Get yourself a jenny wren before you start shootin' yer mouth off about 'ow clever you is.'