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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 beg·gary /ˈbɛgəri/
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Beg·gar·y, a. Beggarly. [Obs.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]