beggarwoman

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

beggar +‎ woman

Noun[edit]

beggarwoman (plural beggarwomen)

  1. A female beggar.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 112:
      "Have you seen any horse and sledge on the road?" he said to the beggar-woman.
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