scare-beggar en · NOUN
Etymology
From scare + beggar.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A scarecrow.
He is the Terror of all the Deer and Poultry-Stealers in the Neighbourhood, and is ſo implacable a Perſecutor of Pochers^([sic]), that he keeps a Regiſter of all the Dogs and Guns in the Hundred, and is the Scare-Beggar of the Pariſh.
1696, Judith Drake, An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex, 4th edition, London: S. Butler, published 1721, pages 29–30:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scare-beggars | Number=Plur | lexicographic |