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buckle-beggar

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English

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Etymology

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See buckle (“to marry”).

Noun

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buckle-beggar (plural buckle-beggars)

  1. (historical) Synonym of couple-beggar

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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