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• beg|gar|ly — «BEHG uhr lee», adjective. 1. fit for a beggar; poor: »Figurative. He possesses only the most beggarly education. SYNONYM(S): shabby, sorry. 2. mean; sordid. –beg´gar|li|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• beg|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 …   Useful english dictionary

• beg|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:… …   Useful english dictionary

• beg´gar|li|ness — beg|gar|ly «BEHG uhr lee», adjective. 1. fit for a beggar; poor: »Figurative. He possesses only the most beggarly education. SYNONYM(S): shabby, sorry. 2. mean; sordid. –beg´gar|li|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• beg|gar's-but|ton — «BEHG uhrz BUHT uhn», noun. = burdock (a weed). (Cf. ↑burdock) …   Useful english dictionary

• beg|gar's-lice — «BEHG uhrz LYS», noun (plural). 1. pl. in use the burs or prickly seeds of various plants, that stick to clothes. 2. pl. or sing. in use any one of several weeds of the borage family on which such burs or seeds grow …   Useful english dictionary

• beg|gar's-ticks — «BEHG uhrz TIHKS», noun. 1. any one of several plants of the pea family. 2. = beggar s lice. (Cf. ↑beggar s lice) …   Useful english dictionary

• beg|gar-lice — «BEHG uhr LYS», noun (plural) or singular. = beggar s lice. (Cf. ↑beggar s lice) …   Useful english dictionary

• beg|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 …   Useful english dictionary

• beg|gar-ticks — «BEHG uhr TIHKS», noun (plural) or singular. = beggar s lice. (Cf. ↑beggar s lice) …   Useful english dictionary

• beg|gar|dom — «BEHG uhr duhm», noun. 1. the class or fraternity of beggars. 2. very great poverty …   Useful english dictionary