badge-cove

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badge-cove

noun badge-coves

  1. archaic A parish pensioner.
  2. obsolete A licensed (badged) beggar.
  3. Polari An old person; a senior citizen.

    Similar: geriatric

Similar: oldster, senior citizen

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@misc{badge_cove_2026,
  title = {badge-cove},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/badge-cove},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}