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  • adverb In the manner of a beggar; by begging or scrounging.

Etymologies

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beggar +‎ -wise

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Examples

  • Then, desirous of seeing Jeannette, he began beggarwise, to haunt the neighbourhood of her house, where one day Jamy Lamiens, (for so was

    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

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