单词 | strong beggar |
释义 | > as lemmasstrong beggar strong beggar n. historical = sturdy beggar at beggar n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [adjective] > able-bodied or sturdy sturdy1402 strong beggar1530 upright1567 1530–1 Acts 22 Henry VIII (?1531) f. xvi Whypped for a vagarant stronge begger. 1571 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 344 Thexpulcinge of stronge beggers. 1683 J. Keble Assistance to Justices of Peace 464 For every strong Begger that shall happen to beg within any such Township, or Parish, not being taken,..[they shall forfeit] 6 s. 8 d. 1782 J. M'Farlan Inq. conc. Poor ii. i. 63 This law seems to be applicable only to vagabonds or strong beggars. 1857 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. II. xxviii. 470 The parishes were called upon to relieve the sick and aged; and the justices to punish strong beggars. 1908 W. Robertson Ayrshire I. xiii. 309 The strolling players, the jugglers, the gipsies..were in the same category with the vagabonds and the strong beggars. 1993 M. Aston Faith & Fire iv. 119 He took the accepted canonical distinction between true poor and strong beggars, and placed the friars firmly on the wrong side of the gospel law. < as lemmas |
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