Definition of beggars can't be choosers
—used to say that people who need something should be satisfied with what they get even if it is not exactly what they wanted
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beggars can't be choosers
Updated on: 11 Sep 2017
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: one that begs (see 1beg 1)
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: pauper
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: fellow
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: to reduce to poverty or the practice of asking for charity : to reduce to beggary
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: to exceed the resources or abilities of : defy
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can't
play
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: can not
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: to select freely and after consideration
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: to decide on especially by vote : elect
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: to have a preference for
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