thiggingn.
/ˈθɪɡɪŋ/ The action of thig v.; begging.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging
thigging1331
cravingc1430
rogation?1536
progging1579
skeldering1600
begging1606
beggary1608
maunding1608
maund1610
gooding1646
mendication1646
mumping1685
mendicity1756
cadge1819
cadging1859
mumpery1894
plinging1910
yegging1913
panhandling1931
aggressive panhandling1981
1331 Chester Plea Roll 4 & 5 Edw. III m. 15 (P.R.O.) Bedelli non debent habere offringes thiggynges fulcenale nec aliquod aliud proficuum nisi tantummodo puturam de illis certis tenementis que vocantur warelondes.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 490/2 Thyggynge, or beggynge, mendicacio.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Prol. 74 Scho..waistis hir tym In thiggin, as it thrift war.
1827 J. Anderson Prize Ess. State Society in Highlands 73 (note) Sometimes the young people [about to be married] made the round of their relatives and neighbours to try fortune's smiles. This was called thigging.
1872 J. G. Michie Deeside Tales xv. 132 The bridegroom gaed a thiggan' among the friends, an got presents o' corn an' ither gear in token o' their well wishes.
Derivatives
thigging adj. that thigs.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [adjective] > begging
thigginga1300
begging1583
skeldering1602
maundering1615
maunding?1629
mendicanting1630
mumping1709
panhandling1884
on the tap1932
a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxix. 18 [xl. 17] And thiggand and pouer am I [ Wyclif, I forsothe a beggere am and pore].
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