spange

Etymology
, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “[can you] spare any change?”

Verb

 * 1)  To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?”
 * 2) * 1996, Tim “Salvage”, quoted in Ian Fisher, “Erin’s looking for Leg-Rub Steve. Fly’s looking for CD’s to steal. Star’s looking for Jaya. And it’s starting to get cold.”
 * I don’t spange much because I really don’t like doing it. I eat out of trash cans a lot.
 * 1) * 2009, Kelly Myers, 33, quoted in Joe Deegan, “Nowhere To Go”, San Diego Reader
 * Then my father would send all us kids out to ‘spange’ [beg for spare change]. You could sometimes make $50 a day by spanging. Other days you might make a dollar.

Usage notes
Often used to refer to one’s own activities, without pejorative sense. Compare, often used pejoratively to refer to others.