Beggar-my-neighbour
noun
a card game in which one player tries to win all the cards of the other player
(modifier) relating to or denoting an advantage gained by one side at the expense of the other: beggar-my-neighbour policies
historical examples
abbe mouret’s transgression emile zola
miss mackenzie anthony trollope
memoirs of a midget walter de la mare
regiment of women clemence dane
little novels of italy maurice henry hewlett
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a person who begs alms or lives by begging. a penniless person. a wretched fellow; rogue: the surly beggar who collects the rents. a child or youngster (usually preceded by little): a sudden urge to hug the little beggar. to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish: the family had been beggared by the war. to cause […]
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a state or condition of utter poverty. beggars collectively. a place lived in or frequented by beggars. historical examples beethoven’s letters 1790-1826, volume 1 of 2 lady wallace erdgeist (earth-spirit) frank wedekind the atlantic monthly, volume 5, no. 28, february, 1860 various diderot and the encyclopdists john morley stories of the badger state reuben gold […]
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a person who begs alms or lives by begging. a penniless person. a wretched fellow; rogue: the surly beggar who collects the rents. a child or youngster (usually preceded by little): a sudden urge to hug the little beggar. to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish: the family had been beggared by the war. to cause […]
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like or befitting a beggar. meanly inadequate: how does he manage on such a beggarly salary? historical examples dreamers of the ghetto i. zangwill the book of humorous verse various with the dyaks of borneo f. s. brereton chance joseph conrad the life and letters of mary wollstonecraft sh-lley, volume ii (of 2) florence a. […]