as in hoboes
a person who lives by public begging
the pitiful beggars that are such a common sight in underdeveloped countries
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Recent Examples of beggars
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.
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George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.
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Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
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Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
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Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.
—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.
—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
—
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beggars
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The former, in which Burnett and Hamilton did a song-and-dance routine as Dust Bowl-era hobos, marked the first of several times that the two performed together.
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From oversized, slouchy hobos to structured East-West silhouettes and laptop-ready work totes, this season’s best suede bags deliver a luxurious polish that will elevate every fall wardrobe.
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The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised.
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Throughout much of Buddhist history, and particularly in Theravada Buddhist contexts, mindfulness and its associated meditation methods have been the purview of mendicants (monks and nuns), who used mindfulness meditation to achieve trance states (jhana) leading to nirvana.
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But those states also have Republican governors, who would have raised holy hell if their constituents had been menaced by these roving mobs of mendicants.
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But their relationship remains undefined, and kind of over after Carter drunkenly ruins Beulah's big party.
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The out-and-back Sand Canyon Trail (6 miles each way) passes a series of ancestral Puebloan ruins.
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Some worry about robots replacing human jobs, even panhandlers.
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But in a plea reached in September, Alameda County prosecutors allowed Frederic, an Orlando resident, to plead no contest to a lesser offense of obstructing a public roadway, a misdemeanor count more typically associated with the prosecution of aggressive panhandlers.
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Neighbors are worried the next crash could be the one that busts through their wall or hurts someone who lives in one of the nearby homes.
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Mighty Real includes an amusing anecdote about trying to finagle an interview with New Order’s Bernard Sumner in the early ’80s when bassist Peter Hook busts in and shows you his uncut willie.
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History buffs, avid hikers, music lovers, wine aficionados, and beach bums will all find a town to love in the Old Dominion.
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For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.
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It is caused by eating or drinking food contaminated with either bacteria, viruses, parasites or a harmful toxin.
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Only in these United States can the progeny of people once portrayed as parasites and invaders side with those making the same argument about the latest batch of newcomers.
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“Beggars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beggars. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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