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badge-cove

badge-cove noun: a parish pensioner.

Noun

badge-cove (plural badge-coves)

  1. (archaic, thieves' cant) A parish pensioner.
  2. (obsolete) A licensed (badged) beggar.
  3. (Polari) An old person; a senior citizen.
    Synonyms:
    geriatric

Synonyms of badge-cove

Forms of badge-cove

pluralbadge-coves

Questions about badge-cove

What does badge-cove mean?
Badge-cove means a parish pensioner.
What part of speech is badge-cove?
Badge-cove is a noun.
What is the plural of badge-cove?
The plural of badge-cove is badge-coves.

Words near badge-cove in the dictionary

  1. badge of honour
  2. badge of merit
  3. badge of shame
  4. badge out
  5. badge up
  6. badge-cove
  7. badge-coves
  8. badged
  9. badged in
  10. badged out
  11. badged up

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