scare-beggar
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scare-beggar
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From scare + beggar.
noun scare-beggars
- A scarecrow. He is the Terror of all the Deer and Poultry-Stealers in the Neighbourhood, and is ſo implacable a Perſecutor of Pochers^([sic]), that he keeps a Regiſter of all the Dogs and Guns in the Hundred, and is the Scare-Beggar of the Pariſh.
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title = {scare-beggar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scare-beggar},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
