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Definition of Bluegown
1. n. One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman.
Definition of Bluegown
1. Noun. (historical) One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluegown
1. a licensed beggar in Scotland [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluegown
Literary usage of Bluegown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott by John Gibson Lockhart (1902)
"tary ramble, his eye was arrested by a singularly venerable bluegown t & beggar
of the Edie Ochiltree order, who stood propped on his stick, with his hat in ..."
2. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott by John Gibson Lockhart (1902)
"tary ramble, his eye was arrested by a singularly venerable bluegown t & beggar
of the Edie Ochiltree order, who stood propped on his stick, with his hat in ..."
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