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- noun Plural form of
couple-beggar .
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With other abuses went the infamous Fleet marriages -- marriages performed by broken-down and disreputable clergymen whose headquarters were very commonly the Fleet prison -- "couple-beggars" who would perform the marriage ceremony between any man and woman without asking questions, sometimes not even asking their names, provided {280} they got a fee for the performance.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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_them_, if 'couple-beggars' is allowed to show their audacious faces in the parish.
Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life Samuel Lover 1832
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