hangaround
n.— «One time, he recalled, he went along with a Hells Angels member, Randy Potts, who intended to fatally shoot a man who had beaten up a Hells Angels hangaround of the East End chapter—a hangaround is a person who is allowed to attend Hells Angels functions but has not been accepted into the Hells Angels.» —“RCMP paid Angels informant, trial told” by Neal Hall Vancouver Sun (British Columbia, Canada) SEpt. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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