Scare-beggar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scare-beggar is a noun meaning (obsolete) A scarecrow.
Meaning
(obsolete) A scarecrow.
Example Sentences
He is the Terror of all the Deer and Poultry-Stealers in the Neighbourhood, and is ſo implacable a Perſecutor of Pochers^([sic]), that he keeps a Regiſter of all the Dogs and Guns in the Hundred, and is the Scare-Beggar of the Pariſh.
Word Forms
- scare-beggars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scarecrow, frayboggard, scarebug, scare-bug, bullbeggar, scarbabe.
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