tagalong

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from tag along.

Noun[edit]

tagalong (plural tagalongs)

  1. One who, or that which, tags along.
    • 1979 April 14, Pat M. Kuras, “Street Fantasy”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
      Not much of a fighter, he is a quiet, tag-along mascot.
    • 2003, John Hoover, How to work for an idiot:
      We started about 6 o'clock with a few tagalongs and our little group got smaller and smaller with each bar until it was just the three of us.
    • 2008, Sharon Janis, Spirituality For Dummies:
      Being in love is one of the greatest experiences you can have, but it also opens the door for all kinds of tagalongs, such as attachment […]
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