Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 28 compound words that contain beggar. The most common are listed below. Open beggar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- beggar beliefTo appear implausible or unbelievable.
- beggar-thy-neighborAn economic policy that favors domestic interests at greater total cost to the economies of trading partners.
- beggar-ticksAlternative form of beggar's ticks: The bur marigold (Bidens spp.) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns that adhere to clothing.
- sturdy beggarA person who was fit and able to work, but lived as a beggar or vagrant instead.
- beggar-my-neighborA card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.
- beggar-my-neighbourAlternative spelling of beggar-my-neighbor: A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.
- beggar-thy-neighbourAlternative spelling of beggar-thy-neighbor: An economic policy that favors domestic interests at greater total cost to the economies of trading partners.
- couple-beggarOne who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).
- beggar the questionTo beg the question.
- beggar descriptionSynonym of beggar belief: To appear implausible or unbelievable.
- buckle-beggarSynonym of couple-beggar: One who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).
- e-beggarSynonym of cyberbeggar: One who requests monetary donations by means of the Internet.
- swamp beggar-ticksan American beggar-ticks, Bidens connata, common in wet pastures and meadows
- putting the beggar on the gentlemanpresent participle and gerund of put the beggar on the gentleman
- set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the DevilA person unaccustomed to wealth or luxury will easily be corrupted by it.
- kill-the-beggarCheap and poor-quality whiskey.
- scare-beggarA scarecrow.
- Bedlam beggarSynonym of Abraham man: A mentally ill beggar.
- put the beggar on the gentlemanTo follow up something good with something inferior.
- puts the beggar on the gentlemanthird-person singular simple present indicative of put the beggar on the gentleman: To follow up something good with something inferior.
Compound words 28
- beggarlyIn the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
- beggarweedA type of plant, Desmodium incanum, native to Central and South America.
- beggartickAlternative form of beggar's ticks: The bur marigold (Bidens spp.) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns that adhere to clothing.
- beggarsomeCharacteristic or typical of a beggar
- beggarmanA male beggar.
- beggarwomanA female beggar.
- cyberbeggarOne who requests monetary donations by means of the Internet.
- beggardomThe realm or state of beggars.
- beggarerOne who beggars another.
- beggarhoodThe condition or state of being a beggar.