Meaning of gaberlunzie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A licensed beggar.
   Scotland, historical
2. A pouch carried by a strolling beggar.
   Scotland, historical

Examples

“Better say naething about the laird, my man, and tell me instead, what sort of a chap ye are that are sae ready to cleik in with an auld gaberlunzie fiddler?”

“Blythe be the auld Gaberlunzie man Wi' his wallet o' wit, he fills a' the lan'; Wi' his blinks o' fun, and his blauds o' lear, O' a'thing that's gude he has walth to spare;”

“It is true mendicancy was limited by Act of Parliament, Kirk-Sessions also restricting it and giving badges to the gaberlunzies within their bounds; but it must have been very difficult to keep them within parochial limits.”

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