Beggar

Definitions

1. A person who begs.
2. A person suffering from extreme poverty.
3. A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
   colloquial, endearing, sometimes
4. A minced oath for bugger.
   UK
5. the last placer in Tycoon

Equivalents

Examples

““[…] They talk⟳ of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect⟳ the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.”

“Odysseus has returned to his home disguised as a beggar.”

“I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach!”

“What does that silly beggar think⟳ he's doing?”

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