plingingn.
/ˈplɪŋɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈplɪŋɪŋ/ U.S. slang. Now rare.
The action or occupation of begging.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging
thigging1331
cravingc1430
rogation?1536
progging1579
skeldering1600
begging1606
beggary1608
maunding1608
maund1610
gooding1646
mendication1646
mumping1685
mendicity1756
cadge1819
cadging1859
mumpery1894
plinging1910
yegging1913
panhandling1931
aggressive panhandling1981
1910 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. sm11/2 The boys..are sent out to collect money for beer. The huskies know ‘plinging’ will be far easier for the boys than for them.
1913 ‘A No. 1’ Trail of Tramp vii. 55 The other one will make a good assistant for me in plinging.
1927 Amer. Speech 2 390/1 A street is..a stem... Dinging the stem is known as mooching, stemming and plinging.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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