beg·gary /ˈbɛgəri/
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Beg·gar·y n.
1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
2. Beggarly appearance. [R.]
The freedom and the beggary of the old studio. --Thackeray.
Syn: -- Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.
Beg·gar·y, a. Beggarly. [Obs.]
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beggary
n 1: a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street
by an apparently penniless person) [syn: begging, mendicancy]
2: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence
appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the
homeless" [syn: indigence, need, penury, pauperism,
pauperization]