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Noun Concept
Categories: Informal occupations, Homelessness, All articles lacking reliable references, All Wikipedia articles needing clarification, Articles with short description
EN
beggary  begging  mendicancy  beggar  Beggardom
EN
A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) WordNet 3.0
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EN
A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Begging is the practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with zero expectation of reciprocation. Wikipedia
Practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with little or no expectation of reciprocation. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Person who begs on the street, usually for food or money Wikidata
A person who begs. OmegaWiki
IS A
solicitation
occupation
activity
person
solicitation
HAS KIND
Gaberlunzie
aggressive panhandling
Santeros
gōmune
DERIVATION
beg
solicit
beg
mendicant
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Otto's encyclopedia
Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China
FIELD OF THIS OCCUPATION
beggary
PATRON SAINT
Ambrose
PERMANENT DUPLICATED ITEM
CDO
乞食
PRACTICED BY
beggary
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
squeegee man
USAGE DOMAIN
disparagement
USED BY
beggary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
beggary, begging, mendicancy
Wikipedia
EN
begging
Wikidata
EN
beggar, begging
OmegaWiki
EN
beggar
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
beggar, Beggardom, Beggarhood, Beggarliness, beggars, begged, Begger, Beggers, Begging And Beggars, Begs, Beseeched, Beseecher, Beseechers, Beseeches, Beseeching, Besought, cadge, cadged, Cadger, Cadgers, Cadges, Cadging, Cadgingly, panhandlers, Penes (Ancient Greece), ptochos, Self-fundraising, Spange, Spanging, 🤲
Wikidata Alias
EN
beggars, begging, mendicancy, mendicant, panhandler, panhandling

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