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In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

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  1. a. In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
  2. a. Produced or occasioned by beggary.
  3. adv. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.
  4. adj. marked by poverty befitting a beggar
  5. adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
  6. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of abeggar.
  7. r:100 s. marked by poverty befitting a beggar s. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt