beggar

Example Sentences

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Ceruti was tagged “Pitocchetto” — the little beggar — given his fondness for pictures of maidservants, peasant families and vagrants in tattered rags.

From Los Angeles Times

Hugo Lloris' contribution to Tottenham's first half beggared belief and it was a relief not to see him return for the second half.

From BBC

“My look was like a beggar, a homeless person. I had glasses on and very shabby clothes.”

From Washington Post

That this is the supposedly improved version of the musical that opened in London in August 2021 beggars the imagination.

From New York Times

Hundreds of thousands of widows lost their family breadwinners and some of them were reduced to a lifetime as beggars.

From Salon