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beggar
1. n. A person who begs.
2. n. A person suffering from extreme poverty.
3. n. (colloquial, sometimes affectionate) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
What does that silly beggar think he's doing?
4. v. To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
5. v. To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.

Example Sentences

Sadder than the beggar is the man who eats alone in public.  Aren't you ashamed? Instead of being a beggar in the streets, why don't you look for work and earn your own bread?  One must eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a beggar.  I gave the beggar all the money I had on me.  "Don't be afraid of me, children. I'm just ugly, but not evil", said the beggar.

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