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101beg|gar-lice — «BEHG uhr LYS», noun (plural) or singular. = beggar s lice. (Cf. ↑beggar s lice) …
102beg|gar-my-neigh|bor — «BEHG uhr my NAY buhr», noun, adjective. Especially British. –n. a children s card game that is won when a player captures all his opponent s cards. –adj. of or having to do with profits derived from or gained by the losses of another: »beggar my …
103beg|gar-ticks — «BEHG uhr TIHKS», noun (plural) or singular. = beggar s lice. (Cf. ↑beggar s lice) …
104beg|gar|dom — «BEHG uhr duhm», noun. 1. the class or fraternity of beggars. 2. very great poverty …
105beg|gar|hood — «BEHG uhr hud», noun. 1. the condition of a beggar. 2. beggars collectively; beggardom …
106beg|gar|weed — «BEHG uhr WEED», noun. 1. knotweed, various tickseeds, or any one of several other weeds that grow in poor soil. 2. a forage plant of the pea family, grown in the southern United States …
107beg|gar|y — «BEHG uhr ee», noun, plural gar|ies. very great poverty; state or condition of a beggar: »to live in beggary, be reduced to beggary …
108beg|gar — «BEHG uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a person who lives by begging; mendicant: »A hungry old beggar asked everyone on the street for money to buy a cup of coffee. 2. a very poor person; pauper: »the beggars who live down near the tracks. 3. a fellow:… …
109beg|ging bowl — «BEHG ihng», 1. a bowl for collecting food, used especially by mendicant priests in countries of Asia: »Buddhist monks…paddled from house to house with their begging bowls (New York Times). 2. Figurative. a request or appeal for help: »We have… …
110Beg|hard — «BEHG uhrd, buh GAHRD», noun. a member of a religious association of laymen of the 1200 s and 1300 s in the Low Countries and France. They were known in France as Beguins. ╂[< Medieval Latin beardus, probably < Middle Dutch beggaert… …
