Definitions
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Word origin
From Middle English begging, beggyng, beggynge, equivalent to beg + -ing (gerund ending).
Used in a sentence
“The Brahmans were very annoying in their beggings for money […]”
“Then a thin old hag […] moaned out, "Twopence for two ounces!" and had to go out of the shop unmeated, since her earnings — or her beggings — had not brought her enough to have that small price to spare.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Asks for alms”7 letters
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