beggar's ticks
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beggar's ticks
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From the notion of a beggar sleeping rough and acquiring a coating of the seeds, which stick to the body like ticks. Compare beggar's lice, beggar's buttons.
noun beggartick · beggarticks · beggar-ticks
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The bur marigold (Bidens spp.) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns that adhere to clothing.
Similar: bur marigold, butterfly needles, cobbler's pegs, shepherd's needle, Spanish needles, stickseed, tickseed, tickseed sunflower
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Talk about this word "beggar's ticks." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beggar's%20ticks. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. beggar's ticks. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beggar's%20ticks "beggar's ticks." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beggar's%20ticks.Cite this
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title = {beggar's ticks},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beggar's%20ticks},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
