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to pass round the hat and variants: to collect money from a group of people for a service provided, a street performance, etc., esp. by passing…
intransitive. To take cap-money (see cap, n.1 compounds 2).
intransitive. slang. To solicit and collect money from spectators or passers-by on behalf of a street performer. Also transitive: to collect money…