单词 | pling |
释义 | plingv. U.S. slang. Now rare. intransitive. To beg. to pling the stem: to beg on the street. Also transitive: to beg from (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg or be beggar [verb (intransitive)] thigc1300 begc1384 crave1393 to go a-begged1393 prowl1530 to go (or have been) a begging1535 maund?1536 to bear the wallet1546 cant1567 prog1579 to turn to bag and wallet1582 skelder1602 maunder1611 strike1618 emendicate1623 mendicate1623 to go a-gooding1646 mump1685 shool1736 cadge1819 to stand pad1841 stag1860 bum1870 schnorr1875 panhandle1894 pling1915 stem1924 nickel-and-dime1942 1915 N.Y. World 9 May (Suppl.) 14/3 Plinging, to reach out for ‘handouts’; to beg. 1927 Amer. Speech 2 390/1 Plinging 'em right and left is an arduous occupation, calling for gall, tact and sharp eyes. 1927 Dial. Notes 5 459 Pling the stem, to beg money on the street. 1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 148 Pling, to beg on the street, probably a corruption of ‘pillinge’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1915 |
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