单词 | plinger |
释义 | plingern. U.S. slang. Now rare. A beggar. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar beggara1250 bidder1362 mendinantc1395 mendivaunt1395 craver1406 thigger1424 gangrela1450 mendicant1474 mendiant1483 eremite1495 Lazarus?a1513 truandals1523 bellyterc1540 clapperdudgeon1567 beggar-man1608 maunder1609 maunderer1611 Abraham cove1612 eleemosynary1643 mumpera1652 jockey1685 progger1685 asker1708 thigster1710 prog1828 shooler1830 cadger1851 panhandler1893 Weary Willie1896 schlepper1901 plinger1904 peg-legger1915 tapper1930 clochard1940 1904 N.Y. Times 25 Dec. iii. 3/3 The Plinger.—He is generally an able-bodied man and asks for a few cents to make up a dime for a bed or carfare. 1913 ‘A No. 1’ Trail of Tramp vii. 56 It meant for James McDonald that he had become an apprentice for Kansas Shorty, the Plinger—a begging tramp. 1931 Amer. Speech 7 112 Plinger..a bum or street beggar who ‘plings’ or ‘mooches’ passers-by. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1904 |
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