As, indeed, the patrons were themselves hangers-on of a thoroughly corrupt court, seeking to rise by court intrigues, their patronage was apt to be degrading and involved the mean flattery of personal dependence.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
The paper-hangers and painters are nearly through with the second-story, and have done considerable work down-stairs.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
Oh, their charges were set down to political rivalry; and the only people she saw were his hangers-on, or the fashionable set who had taken him up for their amusement.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton