different between spanger vs skanger

English

spange +? -er (“person who does”), root blend of spare +? change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “spare any change?”

spanger (plural spangers)

(US, slang, derogatory) beggar, one who uses the phrase “spare change?”
- 2007, Pam Hogeweide, Spangers and Song on Hawthorne:
  I squatted down on the sidewalk to get eye level with the spanger (someone who asks passerbys for spare change).

While sometimes used neutrally, more often used pejoratively, with connotations of professional begging.

skanger (plural skangers)

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