begging letter en · NOUN
Meanings
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A letter in which the writer asks for money.
I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters.
1850 May, Charles Dickens, “The Begging-Letter Writer”, in Household Words:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| begging letters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
nb tiggerbrev (letter asking for money) · sv tiggarbrev (letter asking for money) · nn tiggarbrev (letter asking for money)