Talk:beggar

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Latest comment: 2 months ago by JMGN in topic 2. be beyond belief
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"A person who begs" doesn't seem quite adequate as a definition. Someone who publicly begs for money etc. is a beggar, but someone who begs for forgiveness, clemency, the last cookie in the jar, etc. is not. Equinox ◑ 14:06, 11 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

beggar and bugger

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Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

play silly beggars is a euphemism for play silly buggers; so should we split the beggar etymology for the sense of a wretch? Equinox ◑ 15:33, 29 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

2. be beyond belief

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Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

To be beyond description or belief: a situation so catastrophical that it beggars description. JMGN (talk) 20:35, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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