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Beggarly

In the condition of or like a beggar suitable for a beggar extremely indigent poverty stricken mean poor contemptible...

Beggars ticks

The bur marigold Bidens and its achenes which are armed with barbed awns and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity also called beggar ticks...

Couple beggar

One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other...

Beggars. Begging in a pubic place is an offence of an 'idle and disorderly person' within the meaning of the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824, s. 3 (5), and endeavouring anywhere to obtain alms by exposure of wounds, an offence of a 'rogue and vagabond' within s. 4 (5) of that Act (see VAGRANT). Procuring a child to beg in a public place is an offence against s. 14 of the (English) Children Act, 1908, and see the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1932 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 4....