as in hoboes
a person who lives by public begging
the pitiful beggars that are such a common sight in underdeveloped countries
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Recent Examples of beggars
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.
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George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.
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Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
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Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
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Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.
—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.
—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
—
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beggars
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The former, in which Burnett and Hamilton did a song-and-dance routine as Dust Bowl-era hobos, marked the first of several times that the two performed together.
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From oversized, slouchy hobos to structured East-West silhouettes and laptop-ready work totes, this season’s best suede bags deliver a luxurious polish that will elevate every fall wardrobe.
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The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised.
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Throughout much of Buddhist history, and particularly in Theravada Buddhist contexts, mindfulness and its associated meditation methods have been the purview of mendicants (monks and nuns), who used mindfulness meditation to achieve trance states (jhana) leading to nirvana.
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But those states also have Republican governors, who would have raised holy hell if their constituents had been menaced by these roving mobs of mendicants.
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Nothing ruins the start of a weekend away faster than wrestling with an overstuffed bag.
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Again, don't wring the suit, which ruins the shape.
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But in a plea reached in September, Alameda County prosecutors allowed Frederic, an Orlando resident, to plead no contest to a lesser offense of obstructing a public roadway, a misdemeanor count more typically associated with the prosecution of aggressive panhandlers.
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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.
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Mighty Real includes an amusing anecdote about trying to finagle an interview with New Order’s Bernard Sumner in the early ’80s when bassist Peter Hook busts in and shows you his uncut willie.
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As Sky and Paula are processing this information, Ashley busts in from the other room, gun trained on Paula.
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History buffs, avid hikers, music lovers, wine aficionados, and beach bums will all find a town to love in the Old Dominion.
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For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.
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Most standard portable filters only catch parasites, so check that any filter is certified to NSF Standard 53 or 58 with a small enough pore size.
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Most portable filters won’t catch viruses or bacteria, but one certified to NSF Standard 53 or 58 with a small enough pore size can remove parasites.
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“Beggars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beggars. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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