Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scare-beggar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: scare-beg-gar
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From scare + beggar.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

scare-beggars (plural)

Questions

What does scare-beggar mean?: A scarecrow.
Where does scare-beggar come from?: From scare + beggar.

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