lucky beggar

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• lucky beggar — lucky/lazy/cheeky/etc beggar british spoken phrase used in a friendly way for describing or talking to someone you think is lucky, lazy etc Thesaurus: names used for talking to someone in a friendly waysynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• beggar — ► NOUN 1) a person who lives by begging for food or money. 2) informal a person of a specified type: lucky beggar! ► VERB ▪ reduce to poverty. ● beggar belief (or description) Cf. ↑beggar description ● …   English terms dictionary

• beggar — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who lives by asking people for food and money: There s been a huge increase in the number of beggars on London s streets. 2 lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar BrE spoken used to describe someone who you think is lucky, lazy etc, in …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• beggar —    This is unlikely to have its literal meaning of one who begs when used vocatively. ‘Lucky beggar!’ said to a friend simply means lucky person. ‘You little beggar’ addressed to a child is similar to ‘you little horror’ or ‘you little terror’.… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• beggar — beg|gar1 [ˈbegə US ər] n 1.) someone who lives by asking people for food and money ▪ the beggars on the streets 2.) lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar BrE spoken used when speaking to or about someone you like ▪ How s Dave? The lucky beggar s in the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• beggar — /ˈbɛgə / (say beguh) noun 1. someone who begs alms, or lives by begging. 2. a penniless person. 3. Chiefly British Colloquial a person: a lucky beggar. –verb (t) 4. to reduce to beggary; impoverish. 5. to exhaust the resources of: to beggar… …  

• beggar — noun 1》 a person who lives by begging for food or money. 2》 informal a person of a specified type: lucky beggar! verb reduce to poverty. Phrases beggar belief (or description) be too extraordinary to be believed or described …   English new terms dictionary

• beggar — I UK [ˈbeɡə(r)] / US [ˈbeɡər] noun [countable] Word forms beggar : singular beggar plural beggars someone who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food • lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar British spoken used in a friendly way for… …   English dictionary

• beggar — beg|gar1 [ begər ] noun count someone who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food beggars can t be choosers INFORMAL used for saying that you have to accept anything that is offered to you, usually because you have no money or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lazy beggar — lucky/lazy/cheeky/etc beggar british spoken phrase used in a friendly way for describing or talking to someone you think is lucky, lazy etc Thesaurus: names used for talking to someone in a friendly waysynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• cheeky beggar — lucky/lazy/cheeky/etc beggar british spoken phrase used in a friendly way for describing or talking to someone you think is lucky, lazy etc Thesaurus: names used for talking to someone in a friendly waysynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary