What does spange mean?
Spange means (US, intransitive) To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?”.
Spange
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /speɪnd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Spange is a verb meaning (US, intransitive) To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?”.
Meaning
(US, intransitive) To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?”.
Example Sentences
2009, Kelly Myers, 33, quoted in Joe Deegan, “Nowhere To Go”, San Diego Reader Then my father would send all us kids out to ‘spange’ [beg for spare change]. You could sometimes make $50 a day by spanging. Other days you might make a dollar.
1996, Tim “Salvage”, quoted in Ian Fisher, “Erin’s looking for Leg-Rub Steve. Fly’s looking for CD’s to steal. Star’s looking for Jaya. And it’s starting to get cold.” I don’t spange much because I really don’t like doing it. I eat out of trash cans a lot.
Word Forms
- spanges
- spanging
- spanged
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scab, mang, spunge, spang, mump, thig.
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How do you use spange in a sentence?
2009, Kelly Myers, 33, quoted in Joe Deegan, “Nowhere To Go”, San Diego Reader Then my father would send all us kids out to ‘spange’ [beg for spare change]. You could sometimes make $50 a day by spanging. Other days you might make a dollar.
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