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thigger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thig-ger
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who thigs or solicits subsistence from others; a beggar.

Etymology

From Middle English *thiggere, equivalent to thig + -er. Cognate with Shetlandic tiggar (“beggar”), Danish tigger (“beggar”), Swedish tiggare (“beggar”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

thiggers (plural) thiggar (alternative, Scotland)

Frequently Paired Words

thigster

Questions

What does thigger mean?
One who thigs or solicits subsistence from others; a beggar.
Where does thigger come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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