Beggar

  • 61beggar-my-neighbor strategy — noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy the United States has pursued a beggar my neighbor policy • Syn: ↑beggar my neighbor policy, ↑beggar my neighbour policy, ↑beggar my neighbour… …

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  • 62beggar-my-neighbour policy — noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy the United States has pursued a beggar my neighbor policy • Syn: ↑beggar my neighbor policy, ↑beggar my neighbor strategy, ↑beggar my neighbour… …

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  • 63beggar-my-neighbour strategy — noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy the United States has pursued a beggar my neighbor policy • Syn: ↑beggar my neighbor policy, ↑beggar my neighbour policy, ↑beggar my neighbor strategy …

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  • 64beggar's-lice — noun plural but singular or plural in construction or beggar lice ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ 1. : any of several plants especially of the genera Lappula, Desmodium, and Galium bearing prickly or adhesive fruits that cling to clothing 2. : the fruit of beggar …

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  • 65beggar-my-neighbour — /bɛgə mə ˈneɪbə/ (say beguh muh naybuh) noun Also, beggar your neighbour. 1. a card game for two players. –adjective 2. gaining advantage at the expense of another: beggar my neighbour policies. Also, beggar my neighbor …

  • 66beggar-my-neighbour — noun a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player s cards • Syn: ↑beggar my neighbor, ↑strip Jack naked • Hypernyms: ↑card game, ↑cards * * * beggˈar my neighˈbour noun 1. A game that goes …

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  • 67Beggar's ticks — stick tight stick tight , n. (Bot.) 1. any of several plants having seeds tipped with barbs that may cling to fur or clothing, especially those of the genus {Bidens}, also called {bur marigold}, {beggar ticks}, and {Beggar s ticks}, which have… …

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  • 68beggar-ticks — stick tight stick tight , n. (Bot.) 1. any of several plants having seeds tipped with barbs that may cling to fur or clothing, especially those of the genus {Bidens}, also called {bur marigold}, {beggar ticks}, and {Beggar s ticks}, which have… …

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  • 69beggar-ticks — also beggar s ticks noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1818 1. bur marigold; also its prickly achenes 2. beggar s lice …

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  • 70beggar's-lice — /beg euhrz luys /, n., pl. beggar s lice. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) any of several plants, esp. of the genera Cynoglossum and Hackelia, having small, prickly fruits that stick to clothing. 2. (used with a pl. v.) the fruits or seeds of… …

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