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beggary
[beg-uh-ree]
noun
plural
beggariesa state or condition of utter poverty.
beggars collectively.
a place lived in or frequented by beggars.
beggary
/ ˈɛɡəɪ /
noun
extreme poverty or need
the condition of being a beggar
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of beggary1
Example Sentences
“We started our drive against the menace of beggary three months back.”
“There’s beggary in the love that can be reckoned,” he said.
A Massachusetts official, writing in 1857, informed the state legislature that the Irish immigrant population was characterized by “wretchedness, beggary, drunkenness, deceit, lying, treachery, malice, superstition.”
Let us become one prosperous happy world without poverty, beggary, corruption, selfishness, disparity or inequality.
So he appealed to them, one after another, going from left to right, with open palm, as though his life time had been spent in beggary.
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