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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Begging. Scotland, countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of thig form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

supplicatesolicit

Etymology

From Middle English thyggynge (“ingestion, consumption; begging”), equivalent to thig + -ing.

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