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scare-beggar

scare-beggar noun: a scarecrow.

Noun

scare-beggar (plural scare-beggars)

  1. (obsolete) A scarecrow.
    • 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.1696, Judith Drake, An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex, 4th edition, London: S. Butler, published 1721, pages 29–30

Forms of scare-beggar

pluralscare-beggars

Origin of scare-beggar

From scare + beggar.

Questions about scare-beggar

What does scare-beggar mean?
Scare-beggar means a scarecrow.
What part of speech is scare-beggar?
Scare-beggar is a noun.
What is the plural of scare-beggar?
The plural of scare-beggar is scare-beggars.

Words near scare-beggar in the dictionary

  1. scare the pants off
  2. scare the shit out of
  3. scare up
  4. scare-babe
  5. scare-babes
  6. scare-beggar
  7. scare-beggars
  8. scare-bug
  9. scare-bugs
  10. scare-crow
  11. scare-crowed

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