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buckle-beggar

English edit

Etymology edit

See buckle (“to marry”).

Noun edit

buckle-beggar (plural buckle-beggars)

  1. (historical) Synonym of couple-beggar

References edit

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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