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Definition of Thigger
1. beggar [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thigger
Literary usage of Thigger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"... witnesses to the pranks which this spirit carried on, but not even Donald
himself ever saw him in any shape whatever. 1 This, like the Lowland thigger, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Thig, to beg or borrow ; sometimes written thigger. The father buys, the son biggs
... And if the wives and dirty brats, E'en thigger at your doors an' ..."
3. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch (1892)
"In Sweden there are also recollections of the old custom. " The bridegroom went
about before Yule to gather oats, and so was called the oat-thigger ..."
4. The Complete Works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) by Robert Burns (1886)
"thigger, prowl about; beg: as a noun, a seeker of alms, ... If the wives an'
dirty brats E'en thigger at your ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... get (chiefly cant). beggar, n. pauper (contextual), mendicant (learned or
tech.; esp. of certain ecclesiastics), mumper (slang), thigger (Scot. ..."
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