beggar-ticks
noun
beg·gar-ticks ˈbe-gər-ˌtiks 
variants or less commonly beggar's-ticks
ˈbe-gərz-ˌtiks
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
1
: bur marigold
also : its prickly achenes
2
: beggar's-lice
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- sweep circuit
- sweep cultivator
- sweep generator
- sweep hand
- sweep mill
- sweep net
- sweep of the tiller
- sweep off her feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep one off one's feet
- sweep oscillator
- sweep out
- sweep rake
- sweep seine
- sweep smelter
- sweep someone off her feet
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep something under the carpet
- sweep something under the rug
- sweep the board
- sweep the table
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep under the rug
- sweep up
- sweep-chimney