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beggar

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beggar/ˈbeɡə(r)/

▶noun

1 a person who lives by begging for food or money.

2 informal a person of a specified type: lucky beggar!

▶verb reduce to poverty.

– phrases
beggar belief (or description) be too extraordinary to be believed or described.

'beggar' also found in these Oxford entries:

Barmecide - beggar-my-neighbour - blowsy - cant - harlot - lazar - lazaretto - mendicant - mooch - rogue - schnorrer - scrip

Forum discussions with the word(s) "beggar" in the title:

beggar-thy-neighbour
beggar's banquet
homeless people vs beggar
How I lammed into the beggar!
Scottish English: beggar vs. bigger
You little beggar (girl)

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