ptochogonyn.
/təʊˈkɒɡəni/, /tɒˈkɒɡəni/, /ptəʊˈkɒɡəni/, /ptɒˈkɒɡəni/, U.S. /toʊˈkɑɡəni/, /tɑˈkɑɡəni/, /ptoʊˈkɑɡəni/, /ptɑˈkɑɡəni/ rare.
The creation of a class of poor people; (hence) poverty.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > production of beggars
ptochogony1839
1839 S. Smith Lett. to Singleton iii. ⁋21 The whole plan of the Bishop of London is a ptochogony—a generation of beggars. He purposes..to create a thousand livings of 130l per annum each.
1852 H. L. Mansel Let. in Parl. Papers XXII. i. 20 What can you do with your man when you have educated him? Is it real charity to fit him for one walk only in life? It is..desirable that the dark as well as the bright side of academical ptochogony should be fully considered.
1979 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Apr. 12/7 I have been fighting against the constant use of the phrase ‘the ptochogony produced by hebephrenia’ which..means a system of government which produces poverty, administered by people who suffer from the extreme silliness of adolescence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1839- make a matter to
- make a may game of
- make a meal of
- make a meal on
- make a meal upon
- make a mean
- make a mental note
- make a merchandise
- make a merit of
- make a merit with
- make a mess
- make a mess of
- make a mien
- make a mill of
- make a mint
- make a mint of money
- make a miracle
- make a miration
- make a misdeal
- make a mislick
- make a mock at
- make a mock of
- make a mockery of
- make a monkey of
- make a monkey out of