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Recent Examples of clochardIn summer the clochards like to live along the quay, sleep under the bridges.—Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.
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Ned Parker,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2012
All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.
In fact, one of her biggest food joys in TGM is to eat as a solo drifter.
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Klara Feenstra
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
The title is a reference to Samuel Beckett’s classic play about a pair of drifters stuck waiting for a visitor who never shows, while his blend of fact and fiction takes a page from Gonzo classics like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
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Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.
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Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2024
On March 7, 1913, rescuers were desperately searching the same waters for survivors of the Alum Cine, a British tramp steamer, that exploded while being loaded with 350 tons of dynamite (nine boxcars’ worth) that was bound to Panama for construction of the canal that was underway.
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Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2024
Unlike monks who withdrew from ordinary life, mendicants stressed a life of poverty, spent in travel from town to town to preach and help the poor.
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Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
Instead of withdrawing from the world in isolated monasteries, members of this order travel as mendicants to aid the poor as well as serve as missionaries and teachers.
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