clinger
(ˈklɪŋə(r))
[f. cling v. + -er.]
1. One who clings; one who adheres to.
| 1836 L. Hunt in New Monthly Mag. XLVII. 19 Age, the wither'd clinger, On us mutely gazes. 1877 Spectator 17 Nov. 1429/2 Tenacious clingers to the shadow of the past. |
† 2. = clincher, clinker. Obs.
| 1514 Fitzherb. Just. Peas (1538) 93 All clingers [take] 3d. with meat and drinke. |