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单词 beggar-like
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beggar-likeadj.

Forms: see beggar n. and -like suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beggar n., -like suffix.
Etymology: < beggar n. + -like suffix.
Like a beggar; mean, poor.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [adjective] > like a beggar
beggar-like1586
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 769 There is not a souldiour so begger-like [Fr. il n'y a coquin de soldat], but will haue his foure Lackeis.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xix. 104 The beggar-like stranger.
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