| 单词 | to go a begging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (or have been) a begging 2. to go (or have been) a begging: extracted from beggingn. a. to go about begging. (Cf. begged adv.) ΘΚΠ 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 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xx. A Therfore shal he go abegginge..and haue nothinge. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 53 Where they have beene a begging for it. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 221 I dared not go a-begging of those that knew me. b. figurative (said of situations, offices, in need of men to fill them; things offered for sale and finding no purchaser; and the like.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > fact of not being possessed or owned > be without owner or occupier [verb (intransitive)] to go (or have been) a begginga1593 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > not sell > remain unsold to lie on one's hands1548 to go (or have been) a begginga1593 stick1729 a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 218 Sin might go a-begging for want of service. 1597 J. Howson Serm. 24 Dec. 34 Benefices went a begging as Ministers doe nowe. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. iii. i. 117 Land almost went a-begging. 1878 H. Smart Play or Pay viii. 160 I'll not believe a good horse goes begging in the Coverly country. < as lemmas |
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