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[ noun ] a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

Synonyms

mendicancy begging

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Reduced to beggary , he at_last got a job as office_boy to a television producer .

Related terms

solicitation beg

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[ noun ] a state of extreme poverty or destitution

Examples

"their indigence appalled him" "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

Related terms

poverty beggar

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