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beggar
noun(beg-gar)one that begs; especially : a person who lives by asking for gifts
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noun(beg-gar)pauper
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noun(beg-gar)fellow
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verb(beg-gar)to reduce to poverty or the practice of asking for charity : to reduce to beggary
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verb(beg-gar)to exceed the resources or abilities of : defy
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adjective(beg-gar)beggar-thy-neighbor
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noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction(beg-gar)any of various plants (as of the genera Hackelia and Cynoglossum of the borage family) with prickly or adhesive fruits; also : one of these fruits
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adjective(beg-gar)relating to or being an action or policy that produces gains for one group at the expense of another
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noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction(beg-gar)bur marigold; also : its prickly achenes
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noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction(beg-gar)beggar's-lice
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idiom(beg-gar)to be unbelievable or not deserving to be believed : to defy belief
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idiom(beg-gar)—used to talk about something that is very difficult to describe