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beggar

[beg-er] / ˈbɛg ər /




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And Alice Munro’s “The Beggar Maid” never leaves my thoughts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2024

On the page, Miss Havisham's sick game is one of cards, a few rounds of Beggar My Neighbor that isn't fair or fun.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

Probably the tightest is “Old Beggar Women,” by Avery Deutsch.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2020

As a co-founder and editor at independent press Galley Beggar, I wake up in sweats with the certain knowledge that somewhere in my email inbox lies a stone cold classic.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2017

“No more than he knew that the Beggar King would die young, or that Khal Drogo would follow him into the grave. Very little of what the fat man has anticipated has come to pass.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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