单词 | mumpery |
释义 | mumperyn. British slang. rare. Begging. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging thigging1331 cravingc1430 rogation?1536 progging1579 skeldering1600 begging1606 beggary1608 maunding1608 maund1610 gooding1646 mendication1646 mumping1685 mendicity1756 cadge1819 cadging1859 mumpery1894 plinging1910 yegging1913 panhandling1931 aggressive panhandling1981 1894 Canad. Mag. July 208/2 Most horrible tortures, too, are often invoked in the interests of mumpery. Not alone are the offspring of mumpers educated as mendicants and petty thieves, but children are frequently kidnapped from their homes for the same purposes. 1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xiii. 156 The hard-bitten vagabond of the highroad has his or her well-defined means of livelihood. This was a mistress of mumpery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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