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clinger

  • a word derived from cling.
    cling
    verb (used without object)
    to adhere closely; stick to.

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Seems he is a permanent clinger in my circle now.

From Slate Jan. 21, 2014

No cable-car clinger, Caen drives a grey-and black Cadillac convertible on his rounds of nightclubs and restaurants, where, over Dubonnets-on-the-rocks, he gathers much of his material.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Oh, indeed!" more shoulder shrugging and a futurist pose of the black satin "clinger," "What else, then, might the Lady Stearns be doing at my place?"

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith

They once were the coats or outside garment of a swimmer or a clinger of the sea.

From Lord Dolphin by Cheever, Harriet A.

"A powerful clinger," retorted Susan, "but men is forgivin' to regular features with a high colour."

From The Loves of Ambrose by Vandercook, Margaret