spange

spange
 v.— «To spange: Shorthand street talk for that often-heard phrase, “Spare change?” says The Denver Post. Spangers have made it into a verb.» —“Social Studies” by Michael Kesterton Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.) Aug. 19, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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