beggee
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]beggee (plural beggees)
- A person who is begged for something; someone approached by a beggar seeking charity.
- 1891, William Henry Kearley Wright, Ye Brothers Blue, Pleasantries: From the "Blue Box" (page 277)
- […] for where the beggar has nothing to gain by asking, the beggee, though he gain nothing by giving, may lose by refusing to give.
- 2012, Paul Kaplan, Murder Stories: Ideological Narratives in Capital Punishment, page 153:
- When one is a beggar, it is usually rather difficult to challenge the hegemony of the beggee.
- 1891, William Henry Kearley Wright, Ye Brothers Blue, Pleasantries: From the "Blue Box" (page 277)