单词 | aggressive beggar |
释义 | > as lemmasaggressive beggar aggressive beggar n. originally U.S. a person who engages in aggressive begging.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1886 Fun 20 Jan. 30/1 (caption) Aggressive beggar.—‘Parding, guv'ner. 'Ave yer a pipe of backer ter give a poor cove?’ 1912 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 15 Aug. 10/7 Police are kept busy watching for aggressive beggars and pickpockets. 1985 Los Angeles Times 31 July i. 9/1 So many homeless street people clutter downtown sidewalks..that the city is considering a law to punish aggressive beggars. 2006 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 23 Aug. 7 Gloucestershire police launched a crackdown on aggressive beggars in the city centre,..enforcing a zero-tolerance policy. < as lemmas |
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