(UK, _, dialectal, archaic) A beggar who would apply blood or sores to his body in order to gain attention and attract more alms.
(UK, _, dialectal, archaic) A beggar who would apply blood or sores to his body in order to gain attention and attract more alms.
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(Scotland, obsolete) An unnecessary outcry or complaint.
(UK) A clumsy or foolish person.
(slang, MLE) Extremely ugly; physically unattractive.
(UK, obsolete, slang) A beggar's trick of burning the body with a mixture of acids and gunpowder, so as to appear to have been injured in an accident.
(sometimes, Geordie) A beggar.