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