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• Begging Burros — is a name used to refer to the donkeys in Custer State Park in South Dakota, United States. For many years, these donkeys have earned this nickname as they approach various passing cars through the park begging for food. After earning this… …   Wikipedia

• begging bowl — noun A bowl carried by beggars, esp certain orders of monks, to receive food, money, etc (often figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑beg * * * ˈbegging bowl 8 [begging bowl] noun a bowl held out by sb asking for food or money: ( …   Useful english dictionary

• Begging — For other uses, see Begging (disambiguation). Beggar redirects here. It is not to be confused with Begga or Bega. Begging is to entreat earnestly, implore, or supplicate. It often occurs for the purpose of securing a material benefit,… …   Wikipedia

• BEGGING AND BEGGARS — Although the Bible is concerned with the poor and the needy, there is hardly a reference to begging or to beggars, and there is, in fact, no biblical Hebrew word for it. The needs of the poor were provided by the laws of leket, shikhḥah , and pe… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• begging bowl — UK [ˈbeɡɪŋ ˌbəʊl] / US [ˈbeɡɪŋ ˌboʊl] noun [countable] Word forms begging bowl : singular begging bowl plural begging bowls a) a bowl carried by someone who is asking for food or money b) a request for money made by a country or an organization …   English dictionary

• food — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, excellent, good, great, superb, tasty, wonderful ▪ favourite/favorite ▪ decent …   Collocations dictionary

• Begging — The request for money or food to be given in a charitable spirit; an important part of a culture in which charity was deemed an essential quality. It was far from demeaning; indeed the Franciscan friars had literally to beg for a living …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• begging bowl — beg|ging bowl [ begıŋ ,boul ] noun count a bowl carried by someone who is asking for food or money a. a request for money made by a country or an organization …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• begging — noun a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) • Syn: ↑beggary, ↑mendicancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑mendicant (for: ↑mendicancy), ↑beg ( …   Useful english dictionary

• Internet begging — Internet begging, cyber begging, or Internet panhandling is the online version of traditional begging, asking strangers for money to meet immediate and other needs (money, food, and shelter). Internet begging has the clear advantage to street… …   Wikipedia

• go begging — {v. phr.} To be not needed or wanted. * /Many old homes in the city go begging./ * /Most of the apples on the market went begging./ …   Dictionary of American idioms