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scare-beggars

scare-beggars is the plural of scare-beggar.

Meaning of scare-beggar

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

Questions about scare-beggars

What is scare-beggars the plural of?
Scare-beggars is the plural of scare-beggar.

Words near scare-beggars in the dictionary

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

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