almsman

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Noun
  • In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On page 1,179, a mob of angry Haitian mendicants dissatisfied with their latest handouts chase some American workers into the motel parking lot, and then surround their cars.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Guido eventually became a Dominican friar, dedicating himself to making art within the mendicant order; after his death, in 1455, he became known as Fra Angelico, or the Angelic Friar.
    Louise Bokkenheuser, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Attorneys argued Glendale's rules were overly broad and discriminatorily enforced against impoverished panhandlers, and should have applied equally to high school sports teams holding signs advertising a car wash, or Girl Scouts selling cookies, attorneys said.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His curiosity is mirrored by that of Lewis Moon, a free-spirited drifter with both Cheyenne and Choctaw ancestry, who has been contracted by the government to drop bombs on the Niaruna, in an effort to scatter the tribe.
    Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The drifter who confessed to killing an inventor and his wife was executed Tuesday night, more than three decades after the double murder in their Miami business.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Animals that are kennel-trained will likely be pleased to be in their cozy confines and away from the bustle of vacuums, mops, and the like, but for those who are roamers, consider gating off an area for them.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Almsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/almsman. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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