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单词 pling
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plingv.

Brit. /plɪŋ/, U.S. /plɪŋ/
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier plinger n. and slightly earlier plinging n.
U.S. slang. Now rare.
intransitive. To beg. to pling the stem: to beg on the street. Also transitive: to beg from (a person).
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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).
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