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[ US /ˈbɛɡɝ/ ]
[ UK /bˈɛɡɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a pauper who lives by begging
VERB
  1. be beyond the resources of
    This beggars description!
  2. reduce to beggary

How To Use beggar In A Sentence

  • He was a cute little beggar, looked like you as well.
  • It beggars belief that the police would take this step. The Sun
  • Dian Agung Nugroho's photo "F*** You (What's on her mind?)" captures a Chinese Indonesian schoolgirl flipping off an old Chinese Indonesian beggar lady. Boing Boing
  • Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 
  • They showed a lack of common sense that beggars belief.
  • A beggar woman and her child took shelter on the verandah at night and left behind disquieting odours.
  • What relation was the blind beggar to the blind beggar's brother? Exploring language (6th edn)
  • Take the hustlers, beggars and streetwalkers who ply their dubious services along Beach Road and some of the other popular streets in the area, for example.
  • A beggar came up to us and ask for money.
  • The beggar tore the chicken apart and began to eat.
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