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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A female beggar.

   ""Have you seen any horse and sledge on the road?" he said to the beggar-woman."

2. 2
   a woman who is a beggar wordnet

Example

More examples

""Have you seen any horse and sledge on the road?" he said to the beggar-woman."

Etymology

From beggar + woman.

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