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beggardom

[ beg-er-duh m ]

/ ˈbɛg ər dəm /

noun

beggary(def 2).

Origin of beggardom

First recorded in 1880–85; beggar + -dom

Words nearby beggardom

beggar's-lice, beggar-my-neighbor, beggar-my-neighbour, beggar-ticks, beggar-your-neighbor, beggardom, beggarly, beggars can't be choosers, beggarweed, beggary, begging bowl

Example sentences from the Web for beggardom

Now it is over; I enter the nursery; I am going to have in my house the weaning of the future beggardom of England.

The Man Who Laughs |Victor Hugo
She saw, girl though she was, that beggardom and vice were twins.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 |Elbert Hubbard
It is the potter's field, the lazar-house, the beggardom, of horse-flesh.

The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky |James Lane Allen