Meaning of lack-all | Babel Free
Examples
“To these outcast soldiers of his, unregimented roving banditti for the present⟳, or unworking workhouse prisoners who are almost uglier than banditti; to these floods of Irish Beggars, Able-bodied Paupers, and nomadic Lackalls, now stagnating or roaming everywhere, drowning the face⟳ of the world (too truly) into an untenantable swamp and Stygian quagmire, has the Chief Governor of this country no word whatever to say⟳?”
“Thus feel⟳ both the labourers and the lack-alls who do not labour, and partly both have⟳ a just grievance and a true quarrel against society.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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