单词 | street beggar |
释义 | > as lemmasstreet beggar street beggar n. ΚΠ 1681 Bp. G. Burnet Life & Death M. Hale 149 When he was in Town, he dealt his Charities very liberally, even among the Street-Beggars. 1713 Guardian 26 Aug. 2/1 Our very Street Beggars are not without their peculiar Oddities. 1897 F. Moss Amer. Metropolis II. vii. 393 A party of petty thieves and ‘pan-handlers’ (able-bodied street beggars), went into the ‘Morgue’. 1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes (1997) ix. 265 She's ashamed..to go and ask for it [sc. public assistance]. It means you're..one level above tinkers, knackers and street beggars in general. < as lemmas |
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